SL Cricket Vice President Mathivanan Resigned his Post After Receiving a “Call” Charges Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe

Zacki Jabbar

Sri Lanka Cricket Vice President K. Mathivanan resigned from his post after receiving a “call” in connection with his candidacy for the Presidency of a leading Colombo Cricket Club, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

Speaking during a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of the founding of the UNP, at ‘Srikotha’, he said that intimidation and terror tactics had tarnished sports as well, leaving the youth wondering what their future would be.

Mathivanan and the current Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, Nishantha Ranatunga, were candidates at yesterday’s election for the post of President of Colts Cricket Club.

Wickremesinghe noted that Mathivanan’s actions, subsequent to receiving the “call”, tells the whole story. He not only quit the election, but also resigned as Vice President of Sri Lanka Cricket.

The thuggery that the Rajapaksa regime resorted to in Politics, had spread to Sports bodies as well, the UNP leader said adding that Cricket which was a gentlemen’s game, was now being run by a mafia.

Courtesy:The Island