Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe had sacked the Management of the Sri Lanka Cricket board and appointed an Interim Commitee to run Sri Lanka Cricket headed by the former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Arjuna Ranatunge last Monday morning(06).
However the Sacked Cricket Board president Shammi de silva had taken an interim order From the Court of Appeal yesterday to temporarily ban the Sports minister's decision to appoint an interim committee to carryout duties of Sri Lanka cricket and the gazette notification issued by the Minister in this regard.The Court of Appeal had issued an interim order banning the function
Sports Minister had appointed a seven member Interim court on monday by sacking the SriLanka cricket board management headed by Shammi de silva over corruption charges .The members of the newly appointed interim committee are Arjuna Ranatunge (president) ,Retired Supreme Court Justices M,I.M Imam,Rohini Marasinghe,Retired High Court Justice Iranganie Perera,Upali Darmadasa,Rakitha,Rajapakshe,and Hisham Jamaldeen.Retired Court judges were appointed to the committee to investigate on the alallegations levelled against the sacked cricket board management .
The match losses of the Sri Lanka Cricket team in the ongoing World cup tournament in India led to severe criticism of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board and players.
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