Cricket-Sangakkara, Mahanama named in interim committee to run Sri Lanka Cricket


Cricket - Second Test - England v Sri Lanka - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, Britain - August 30, 2024 Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara before the second day of the test Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

April 30 (Reuters) - Former ⁠Sri Lanka internationals Kumar Sangakkara, Roshan ⁠Mahanama and Sidath Wettimuny were named ‌in the nine-member transformation committee that will run Sri Lanka Cricket, a day after the previous leadership resigned ​from their posts.

Local media ⁠reports said the former ⁠board members had resigned after a meeting with ⁠the ‌country's president Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Former state minister and businessman Eran Wickramaratne ⁠has been named as the chairman ​of the ‌new interim committee, which aims to implement ⁠a ​new constitution for SLC to ensure better management and transparency.

"Our immediate priority is a total ⁠overhaul of the governance framework ​at SLC," Wickramaratne said in a statement.

Former Sri Lanka captain Sangakkara, who served as the ⁠president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 2019-20, is currently the director of cricket for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.

Mahanama ​has also been involved in ⁠cricket administration since his international retirement in ​1999, having served as ‌an ICC match referee for ​more than a decade.

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in BengaluruEditing by Christian Radnedge)

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