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If Gotabaya wins... - Sumathipala to be sidelined once again!

27 Oct 2019

After further allegations surfaced last week against former Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) administrative strongman and former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thilanga Sumathipala, speculations are now rife that he will be fully sidelined from any future cricket administration. The cricket administrative future of Sumathipala, who has been a close confidante of President Maithripala Sirisena of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) which recently joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in an alliance for the forthcoming presidential election, looked in tatters as Sports Minister Harin Fernando and the International Cricket Council (ICC) took steps to introduce unprecedented measures curbing all the possibilities for Sumathipala to re-enter SLC. He was part of the SLC Ex-Co as its Immediate Past President. It was reported that Sumathipala cited a “political witch-hunt” as reason for the present allegations against him. The SLFP and the ruling United National Party (UNP), which Sports Minister Fernando represents, are at loggerheads after the 2015 Yahapalana “unity” Government has collapsed lately. Sumathipala’s prospects at SLC hit a mighty blow when substantial evidence emerged last week from his former ally Glen Palmer in England who has reportedly provided strong proof for his connection with the betting industry – something the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit vehemently prohibits. Sumathipala has predicted victory for the SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa in next month’s presidential poll. “The Minister (Fernando) is going after me after I started working against the UNP. I don’t want to waste my time. Anyway, the UNP’s days are numbered,” he told a local newspaper last week. Meanwhile, another former SLC strongman who is close to the Opposition now, told The Sunday Morning Sports that if their alliance wins the election, Sumathipala will be kept only within the limits of politics, and be debarred from getting involved in any form cricketing affairs. “During the previous Rajapaksa administration, Sumathipala was never allowed to enter the Cricket Board. The results of our cricket team were excellent during that period. The game got ruined since the day he was back in action in the cricket administration in 2015. Therefore, he is likely to face the same predicament if Gotabaya wins this time,” the source further added. photo PRADEEP DAMBARGE

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