SAYS, “ITS A SOLID COMMITTEE”
By Srian Obeyesekere
Eran Wickramaratne, the Chairman of the Transformation Committee at Sri Lanka Cricket appointed by the Sports Minister, Sunil Kumara Gamage following the resignation yesterday of the Shammi Silva led administration, who assumed duties at the cricket headquarters today, observed that there was nothing political in this exercise other than further developing the game of cricket which is known to unite an entire nation.
“We are here mainly tasked with how to develop the cricket sport in the country from the very school periphery to the clubs extending to the district level as well as women’s cricket where we intend to give our full backing towards that end” he said.
“We have not come to do what we want to do, but to essentially do what we have been assigned to do principally run the administration and what happens on the cricket field,” he told the media.
Commenting that the team entrusted to him was solid in respect of the cricket savvy personnel from Kumar Sangakkara to Sidath Wettimuny and Roshan Mahanama, Wickramaratne beamed that the gamut covered highly qualified professionals from administration to finance and law.
Further elaborating on the Transformation Committee’s role, its Chairman said, “The Transformation Committee’s task is to create a meaningful change in respect of the game of cricket from the constitution downwards to the cricket field.”
(Courtesy Sri Lanka Cricket)