da dobrowin： The Sri Lankan Sports Ministry has reacted to the news that ThilangaSumathipala had successful frozen the bank accounts of the Cricket Board bypromising to fund the board from it’s own coffers
da esport bet： CricInfo22-May-2001The Sri Lankan Sports Ministry has reacted to the news that ThilangaSumathipala had successful frozen the bank accounts of the Cricket Board bypromising to fund the board from it’s own coffers.Dr Prathap Ramanujan, the Sports Ministry Secretary and a member of theInterim Committee, told the Daily Mirror that the Ministry would finance theCricket Board if the court ruling secured yesterday prevented the InterimCommittee from accessing the accounts. He admitted that it would be a burdenbut was confident that the necessary funding could be found.The Interim Committee, headed by Vijaya Malalsekera, met last night todiscuss the developments. No formal statement was offered to the media, butAsantha de Mel denied that High Courts decision would be a hindrance in aninterview with the Daily Mirror.”This injunction has been imposed on the Cricket Board accounts and not onthe Interim Committee or its activities,” he said. “We have been appointedto develop cricket in this country and we will continue to do it.”Thilanga Sumathipala defended his decision to seek an injunction, whichfroze the board’s bank accounts. “I wrote to the Cricket Board and the banksappealing to them not to transact with board funds, but there was noresponse and I had no choice but to seek court action to protect the rightsof the BCCSL membership,” he said last night.Sumathipala maintains that he will not stand for the Presidency again, buthe continues to fight hard for control of the most powerful sports body inthe country. He believes it is time for the Sports Minister, LakshmanKiriella, to revoke his decision to dissolve the Cricket Board and replacethe Interim Committee with an elected membership.
