(Lanka-e-News -04.Jan.2016, 9.45AM) When the election of bearers to the Sri Lanka (SL) cricket board was held at the Sports ministry auditorium yesterday(03), Thilanga Sumathipala was elected as the president , and Jayantha Dharmadasa of Thilanga Sumathipala’s group was elected as the vice president.
Nishantha Ranatunge and Arjuna Ranatunge of the Ranatunge group who contested the posts of president and vice president respectively were defeated humiliatingly, and with that the efforts of the Ranatunges to make the cricket game their family belonging was also destroyed.
While Thilanga polled 88 votes , Nishantha his rival could poll only 56 votes. Thilanga therefore won by a majority of 32 votes. Jayantha Dharmadasa who was elected as the Vice president polled 102 votes while Mathivanan polled 90 votes whereas , Arjuna who allso contested the vice president post could poll only 80 votes.
Mohan De Silva was elected as the secretary ,and Raveen Wickremeratne as assistant secretary . Both of them are also of Thilanga ‘s group .The post of treasurer was won by Shammi De Silva and he too belonged to Thilanga’s group.
Thilanga Sumathipala who addressed a media briefing later said , his view to build SL cricket through a team had been endorsed by the majority of cricket clubs and at district levels . Therefore he would carry out that responsiblilty as a team in the future. Thilanga thanked the president for allowing this election to be conducted independently free from pressures . Thilanga also expressed his gratitude to the sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekera for changing the pattern of the cricket administration through sub committees to democratic election .
Meanwhile Arjuna who is not accustomed to accepting defeat honorably and humbly berated the Director General (D.G.) of the sports ministry . He said , he was not satisfied with the conduct of the D.G. , and in that regard the sports minister should be questioned why no action was taken against him. The action taken by the D.G . regarding this election had been notified in writing to the president and the prime minister (P.M.) , and what is going to follow is being earnestly anticipated , he added. Arjuna bragged that he can win any election , but at this election he could not because there is a cricket mafia operating , and today it is that mafia which triumphed .
Is the cricket game to be allowed to be part of the family wealth of mendacious elder brother and rapacious crooked younger brother ? ‘Arjuna , if you can accept the glory of the world cup victory in 1996 , accept the humiliating defeat too in 1999 ?’ Lanka e news by a special letter in Sinhala in connection with the elections , made it clear that Arjuna who is treating the Port as an integral part of his family wealth ,will this time fail miserably in his efforts to make the cricket game as part of his family belonging, with the aiding and abetting of his notorious crooked brother Nishantha , because a majority of cricket clubs and associations are in the ready to teach the Ranatunges a life time lesson. Like how many of the political predictions of Lanka e news had turned true, this prediction too pertaining to cricket board elections was proved true.
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Lan has hit nail on head
-- by Ranjan Rodrigo on 2016-01-04
Ranatunga brothers all got in to ananda college cricket team irrespective of whether they could play cricket or not because their mother was a college teacher. There would have been many good school boys lost the chance due to this. They are not used to otherwise though arjuna is the only one talented. This is a problem in Sri Lanka not n one family.
-- by tissa on 2016-01-06
