{"id":21781,"date":"2023-11-06T08:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/sri-lanka-sacks-cricket-board-days-after-world-cup-thrashing-by-india\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T08:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:30:03","slug":"sri-lanka-sacks-cricket-board-days-after-world-cup-thrashing-by-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sri-lanka-sacks-cricket-board-days-after-world-cup-thrashing-by-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka sacks cricket board days after World Cup thrashing by India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe sacked the national cricket board on Monday, days after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1776556\">humiliating defeat<\/a> by India at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Ranasinghe has been at loggerheads with Sri Lanka Cricket \u2014 the richest sports organisation on the financially stricken island \u2014 for months over allegations of widespread corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has been appointed chairman of a new interim board, Ranasinghe\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSports minister Roshan Ranasinghe has formed an interim committee for Sri Lanka Cricket,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The new seven-member panel also includes a retired supreme court judge and a former board president.<\/p>\n<p>The move came a day after the board\u2019s second-highest officer, secretary Mohan de Silva, quit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1786766\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ranasinghe publicly demanded the entire board\u2019s resignations after Sri Lanka\u2019s 302-run World Cup thrashing by hosts India last week.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka were at one point 14-6 and were all out for 55, the fourth-lowest World Cup total in history, while chasing India\u2019s 358 in Mumbai on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat prompted a public outcry and police have been deployed outside the board office in Colombo since angry protests on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ranasinghe had said that Sri Lanka Cricket officials had no moral or ethical right to remain in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should voluntarily resign,\u201d he said. 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