da premier bet： Sri Lanka’s cricket board crisis is set to continue for several weeks after the Court of Appeal restrained Jeewan Kumaratunga, the sports minister, from dissolving or cancelling Sri Lanka Cricket’s registration without a hearinguntil the completion
da bet7k： Charlie Austin12-Apr-2005Sri Lanka’s cricket board crisis is set to continue for several weeks after the Court of Appeal restrained Jeewan Kumaratunga, the sports minister, from dissolving or cancelling Sri Lanka Cricket’s registration without a hearinguntil the completion of the case.The complicated legal fight started on March 30 when Thilanga Sumathipala’sexecutive committee, elected on March 27, filed a lawsuit to quash the sportsminister’s order to suspend the board on the grounds of financial mismanagement.Sumathipala also sealed off the board headquarters, sending home all theemployees on paid leave, so that the six-man interim committee appointed totakeover would not be able to gain access. Only “moveable property” such asfiles and documents were handed over to the new officials.Although the interim committee is technically empowered to run the cricket board and make decisions, in practice the legal fight has effectively paralysed the administration, hampering decision-making on several important pressing concerns, including the sale of team sponsorship rights, the renewal of player and coaching contracts and planning for future tours.The status quo will continue – assuming the sports minister does notcircumvent the current interim order by appealing to higher authorities -until June 1 when the Court of Appeal will reconvene to hear the sportsminister’s objections to Sumathipala’s legal challenge.
