Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket SLC
File:Sri Lanka Cricket logo.svg
Sport	Cricket
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Affiliation	International Cricket Council
Affiliation date	July 21, 1981 (1981-07-21)
Regional affiliation	Asian Cricket Council
Affiliation date	September 13, 1983 (1983-09-13)
Headquarters	Sinhalese Sports Club
Location	Colombo
President	Thilanga Sumathipala
Secretary	Mohan de Silva
Sponsor	Dialog Axiata PLC Sri Lanka Tea Board
Replaced	Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL)
Official website
www.srilankacricket.lk

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), formerly the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), is the controlling body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lankan Cricket Team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's cricket board has been run by government appointed interim committees, which has come into severe criticism from past players as well as journalists.

After co-hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Sri Lanka Cricket was financially crippled thanks to financial mismanagement by the government-appointed interim committee.

Domestic competitions

Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class tournament Premier Trophy, the List A tournament Premier Limited Overs Tournament and the Twenty20 competition Twenty20 Tournament.

They also organize and host the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, a competition where the above first-class do not take part but rather teams represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka.

Leadership

Presidents

Ceylon Cricket Association

• Col Dr. John R. Rockwood (1914 - 1933)
• Edwin M. Karunaratne (1933 - 1934)
• Chandrarajan Sivasaravanamuttu (1937 - 1948)

Board of Control for Cricket in Ceylon

• Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu (1948 - 1950)
• A.E. Christffelaz (1950 - 1952)
• Junius Richard Jayewardene (1952 - 1955)
• S. "Satha" Saravanamuttu (1955 - 1956)
• Robert Senanayake (1956 - 1972)

Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka

• Sai Senanayakerajah (1972 - 1976)
• Major General Bertram Heyn (1976 - 1978)
• Dr. N. M. Perera (1978 - 1980)
• T.B. Werapitiya (1980 - 1981)
• Gamini Dissanayake (1981 - 1989)
• Lakshman Jayakody (1989 - 1990)
• Manane Chandrarajah (1990 - 1991)
• Tyronne Fernando (1991 - 1994)
• Anandarajasingh Punchihewa (1995 - 1996)
• Upali Dharmadasa (1996 - 1998)
• Thilanga Sumathipala (1998 - 1999)
• Rienzie Wijetilleke (1999 - 2000)

Sri Lanka Cricket

• Thilanga Sumathipala (2000 - 2001)
• Vijaya Malalasekera (2001 - 2002)
• Hemaka Amarasuriya (2002 - 2003)
• Thilanga Sumathipala (2003 - 2004)
• Mohan De Silva (2004 - 2005)
• Jayantha Dharmadasa (2005 - 2007)
• Arjuna Ranatunga (2008)
• S. Liyanagama (2008 - 2009)
• Somachandra de Silva (2009 - 2011)
• Upali Dharmadasa (2011 - 2012)
• Jayantha Dharmadasa (2013 - 2015)
• Thilanga Sumathipala (2016 - Present)

Vice Presidents

• Shelley Wickramasinghe (mid-eighties)
• Isuru Lakmal Rathnapala
• Kasun Chamara Gunawardena
• Thilanga Sumathipala
• Aravinda de Silva (2003 - 2004)
• K. Mathivanan
• Asanga Seneviratne
• Jayantha Dharmadasa (2016 - Present)

Secretary

• Kushil Gunasekera (2002)
• Mohan de Silva (2003)
• Lourence Amarasena (2004)
• S. Liyanagama
• Nishantha Ranatunga (March 2009 - July 2011)
• Nishantha Ranatunga (2012–2015)
• Mohan de Silva (2016 - Present)

Assistant Secretary

• Ravinder Wickramaratne (2004)
• Hirvanamuthu Kulendran
• Ravin Wickramaratne (2016 - Present)

Treasurer

• Typhon Mirando (2002)
• Nuski Mohamed (2004)
• Sujeewa Rajapakse (January 2008 - July 2011)
• Nuski Mohamed (2012 - 2013)

Assistant Treasurer

• Lucian Merinnegre (2004)
• Ajith Sivasamy (2012 - 2013)
• Shammi Silva (2015 - Present)

See also

• Big Match
• Cricket in Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka national cricket team

References

www.batsman.com

External links

• Sri Lanka Cricket Official Web Site
• Island Cricket
• ESPNCricinfo's Sri Lanka page
• History of Sri Lanka Cricket
• Official Royal Thomian Website