Agency :
Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe sacked the national cricket board on Monday, days after a humiliating defeat by India at the World Cup.
Ranasinghe has been at loggerheads with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) — the richest sports organisation on the financially stricken island — for months over allegations of widespread corruption.
The country’s 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has been appointed Chairman of a new interim board, Ranasinghe’s office said in a statement.
“Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has formed an interim committee for Sri Lanka Cricket,” the statement said.
The new seven-member panel also includes a retired Supreme Court judge and a former board president.
The move came a day after the board’s second-highest officer, secretary Mohan de Silva, quit.
Ranasinghe publicly demanded the entire board’s resignations after Sri Lanka’s 302-run World Cup thrashing by hosts India last week.