The executive committee of Sri Lanka Cricket met with Hon. Navin Dissanayake Minister of Tourism and Sports met with the executive committee of Sri Lanka Cricket and deliberated on many issues affecting Cricket in Sri Lanka and given below are some key decisions that are said to have been made.
1. In keeping with important and broadly accepted principles of good governance by a legitimately elected board all major operational and policy decisions should be made by the Board and Mr. Jayantha Dharmadasa President of the Board has the complete backing of the Minister and the Sports Ministry. The Minister was of the strong view that he will encourage teamwork and consensual decision making and adhere to the constitution of Sri Lanka Cricket.
2. As there is a new government in place and allegations of corruption in many institutions abound the Minister directed the Secretary of the Ministry Mr. Rafeek to employ the services of a Sri Lankan Audit firm to do a complete financial audit and give the report to him in one months’ time
3. There cannot be any conflict of interest by Board members and Sri Lanka Cricket. This means that Board members cannot employ those related to them or promote them nor can they have any contracts that supply any services or goods to the Board
4. The CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket Mr. Ashley De Silva will carry out his tasked duties namely of executing policy decisions made by the Board. He will also represent SLC at the CEO Conferences of the ICC
5. No member of the Board should have direct communications with overseas Cricket Board individuals. All such contact and communications should be done by the President’s Office or on an officially accepted basis. All such communications should be shared by the President, Secretary and the CEO.
6. The immediate priority of the Board will be the Cricket World Cup of 2015 and the Board will not incur unnecessary expenditure in this regard but will only utilize those expenditures that are necessary for winning the said world cup.
