{"id":144742,"date":"2015-05-16T01:18:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T19:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=144742"},"modified":"2015-05-16T01:52:22","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:22:22","slug":"sri-lanka-cricket-ceo-remains-tight-lipped-over-rs-600-million-overdraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-cricket-ceo-remains-tight-lipped-over-rs-600-million-overdraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Cricket: CEO Remains \u2018Tight Lipped\u2019 Over Rs 600 Million Overdraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley De Silva<\/span><\/a> remained tight lipped over a sum of Rs 600 million that is alleged to been obtained by Sri Lanka Cricket from the Bank of Ceylon, at a monumental interest rate of Rs 7 million month recently, said an employee of SLC.<\/p>\n

\"CEO<\/a>

CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley De Silva<\/p><\/div>\n

Several attempts to get through to the usually contactable CEO De Silva was not made possible due to his sudden avoidance since of late.\u00a0All phone calls, emails and SMS\u2019s sent to him have been unanswered.<\/p>\n

Colombo Telegraph<\/em> contacted a cross section of employees from within SLC who also continued to remain tight lipped as their CEO.<\/p>\n

It was as recently as the 24th of April 2015 that did the CEO De Silva write to his staff at SLC asking them to reduce their budgets by 25% as advised by the Minister of Sports Navin Dissanayake<\/span><\/a>\u2019s appointed Interim Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are already into the second quarter of our current financial year and this year\u2019s budget was given great thought when we did make it last year, which was approved by the previous Executive Committee (EXCO). We took into consideration that as per the Future Tours Programme (FTP) we have just one incoming Australian Tour in July of 2016. With not much revenue generation as per the FTP, we gave it good thought when budgeting our expenses for this year. The FTP highlights five overseas tours to England, Australia, Zimbabwe, the T20 World Cup and the Asia Cup\u201d said one source within SLC to requested anonymity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe this decision was taken after it was been made known that monies due to SLC from the International Cricket Council was banked in an escrow account recently. If the ICC does not release these funds to SLC, we will be faced with a huge problem. This is a classic example of \u201ctaking from Peter to pay Paul\u201d said our source.<\/p>\n

The Stake Holders made it extremely clear to the Interim Committee when they met that when eventually an EXCO is appointed through an AGM, they will not take upon any financial liabilities incurred and passed on to them by the current Interim Committee.<\/p>\n

David Richardson the Chief Executive of the ICC also made it very clear when he sent SLC an email on the 31st March 2015 the day the Interim Committee was appointed on the repercussion that SLC could face, when governments interfere with one of the members. His email read \u201cWhilst we have no further or substantive information about the accuracy or otherwise of these media reports, I just wanted to flag with you the risk that such action could put Sri Lanka Cricket in breach of Article 2.9(B) of ICC\u2019s Articles of Association which states as follows: \u2018Where a government interferes in the administration of cricket by a Member, including but not limited to interference in operational matters, the selection and management of teams, the appointment of coaches or support personnel, the Executive Board shall have the power to suspend or refuse to recognize that Member\u2026\u2019.<\/p>\n

The ICC then held back monies due to SLC and banked it in an escrow account shortly thereafter where it still lay.<\/p>\n

The CEO Sri Lanka Cricket\u2019s email sent to his staff is found below.<\/p>\n

From: Ashley de Silva <ashley@srilankacricket.lk>
\nDate: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:07 PM
\nSubject: Annual Budget
\nTo: Carlton Bernardus <carlton.bernardus@srilankacricket.lk>, Vajira Dassanayake <vajira.dassanayake@srilankacricket.lk>, “jeromejayaratne@hotmail.com” <jeromejayaratne@hotmail.com>, Chandramali Korale <hofinance@srilankacricket.lk>, Chandima Mapatuna <tournament@srilankacricket.lk>, Prasanna Jinaratne <prasanna.jinaratne@srilankacricket.lk>, Asantha Dassanayake <asantha.dassanayake@srilankacricket.lk>, Lasitha Mendis <hr@srilankacricket.lk>, Sidath Fernando <sidath.fernando@srilankacricket.lk>, Savithri Fernando <savithri.fernando@srilankacricket.lk>, Senaka Angulugaha <senaka.angulugaha@srilankacricket.lk>
\nCc: Charmaine Cuttilan <addl.ceosec@srilankacricket.lk>
\nDear all,
\nThe IC at its meeting held on 22nd April 2015 requested us to review the above budget and to reduce it by at least 25%. Hence, you are kindly requested to go through your respective departmental budgets and come up with your proposals in order to discuss it on Wednesday the 29th of April 2015 at 10am in the SLC Board Room.
\nBest Regards
\nAshley De Silva
\nChief Executive Officer
\nSri Lanka Cricket
\n35, Maitland place, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

The President of the Interim Committee Sidath Wettimuny did maintain his stance that he wishes to uphold transparency and good governance when he met the Stake Holders of SLC recently. That intention of Wettimuny\u2019s seems to have been shot down by the CEO De Silva as he did inform his staff in a subsequent email dated the 5th May 2015, that the Interim Committee Members are not to be copied on any internal emails.<\/p>\n

A copy of SLC CEO De Silva\u2019s email to his staff is found below.<\/p>\n

From: Ashley de Silva <ashley@srilankacricket.lk>
\nDate: 2015 \u0db8\u0dd0\u0dba\u0dd2 5 \u0db4.\u0dc0. 5:56:21 GMT+5:30
\nTo: Carlton Bernardus <carlton.bernardus@srilankacricket.lk>, “jeromejayaratne@hotmail.com” <jeromejayaratne@hotmail.com>, Vajira Dassanayake <vajira.dassanayake@srilankacricket.lk>, Lasitha Mendis <hr@srilankacricket.lk>, Chandramali Korale <hofinance@srilankacricket.lk>, Chandima Mapatuna <tournament@srilankacricket.lk>, Kamal Dharmasiri <kamal@srilankacricket.lk>, Vanessa De Silva <vanessa.desilva@srilankacricket.lk>, Savithri Fernando <savithri.fernando@srilankacricket.lk>, Prasanna Jinaratne <prasanna.jinaratne@srilankacricket.lk>, Asantha Dassanayake <asantha.dassanayake@srilankacricket.lk>, Dakssha Jayahkody <dakssha.jayahkody@srilankacricket.lk>
\nSubject: Mails to IC memebrs
\nDear All,
\nDespite discussions at Management Committee meetings and repeatedly emphasizing the importance of following the proper channels, it has been observed by the undersigned that some of you still persist in copying mails to the IC members, which needs to be addressed by the undersigned.
\nTherefore, you are hereby instructed to strictly adhere to the following procedure.
\nMails pertaining to operational matters should be copied only to the relevant employee\/person.
\nThe important mails related to administrative matters should be copied to the Hony. Secretary .
\nThe mails related to the Financial matters should be copied only to the Treasurer
\nThe Hony. Secretary or the undersigned will decide whether the mails should be forwarded to the relevant IC Members for necessary action.
\nI sincerely hope that you will abide by the guidelines given and in the event you fail to comply, I will be compelled to take alternate action.
\nBest Regards
\nAshley De Silva
\nChief Executive Officer
\nSri Lanka Cricket
\n35, Maitland place, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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