da realsbet： Minister of Sports and Tourism, Lakshman Kiriella, revealed today that he isseriously contemplating the inclusion of Rienzie Wijethillake into theInterim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka
Rex Clemenetine10-Jul-2001Minister of Sports and Tourism, Lakshman Kiriella, revealed today that he isseriously contemplating the inclusion of Rienzie Wijethillake into theInterim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka.The minister sighted the heavy workload of the Interim Committee in themonths ahead as the reason for his possible appointment..Wijethillake, who is the managing director of Hatton National Bank, aleading bank in Sri Lanka, was the chairman of the Interim Committee whichwas appointed in 1999 by the then Sports Minister S.B. Dissanayake. Thecommittee headed by Wijethillake continued for close to a year before theS.B. Dissanayake called for fresh elections.Minister Kiriella dissolved the board of control in March this year andimmediately appointed an Interim to run the affairs. The committee initiallycomprised of four members but two were brought in later. Wijethillake willtherefore be the seventh member.Wijethillake said today that he has not been approached so far and claimedthat he was not interested in taking up a position within the cricket boardagain.