Post Views: 535 The Ministerial Sub-Committee for Cricket, led by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, handed over its report to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Ali Sabri, PC, who chairs the committee, handed over the report to the president. Notably, this report was swiftly completed within a brief span of one and a half months following the establishment of the Cabinet Sub-Committee. In accordance with the cabinet decision made on November 6th, the Cabinet Sub-Committee, promptly initiated an investigation into the current situation of Sri Lankan cricket by engaging with relevant parties. Accordingly, The committee has resolved to concentrate on the followings four identified areas. The composition and structure of the Sri Lanka Cricket and proposals for reforms The framework for administering, coaching and overall well-being of cricket players at different levels including the national teams for men and women, the under 19 and under 17 age groups Appropriate good governance and best practices that can be adopted to guarantee transparency, professionalism and accountability in the system benchmarking with well-functioning comparative system in test playing countries Revamping the feeding structure of Sri Lanka Cricket namely schools, district, provincial and club level cricket embracing meritocracy, equality and equity The President said he intends to implement the recommendations in the report, while the report and the draft of the new Sports Bill will be presented to Parliament shortly. The President appointed this committee after former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe appointed an interim committee headed by former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga. The other members of the sub-committee include Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara, Minister of Labour & Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara and Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles. Join SMN24Media WhatsApp grouphttps://chat.whatsapp.com/I3bIbUXEdpG8wz2ub8Tk6o Post navigation Hayleys Plantation hosted an international sustainability summit at BMICH, Colombo today. Sri Lanka Tourism launches ‘Galle Concerto 2024’
