da apostaganha： Thilanga Sumathiapala, the president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), unveiledhis administration’s much-awaited and ambitious blueprint for thedevelopment of the game in the island at a gala dinner this week to mark thelaunch of the new SLC logo
Wisden CricInfo29-Sep-2003Sumathipala presents his ambitious five-year plan Thilanga Sumathiapala, the president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), unveiledhis administration’s much-awaited and ambitious blueprint for thedevelopment of the game in the island at a gala dinner this week to mark thelaunch of the new SLC logo.Sumathipala hopes his five-year plan, titled “A new era for cricket in SriLanka”, will help lift the cricket board out of a financial crisis byraising USD$30 million for the development of the game.The SLC’s vision according to Sumathipala, an experienced cricketadministrator and chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom, is to make Sri Lanka “thebest cricket playing nation in the world” by 2009.The New SCL logoThe presentation, delivered at the Colombo Hilton and attended by the newInternational Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani and ICC chiefexecutive Malcolm Speed, focused on five key areas – international cricket,domestic cricket, development, administration and finance.Sumathipala promised a complete upgrade of Sri Lanka’s main internationalvenues – Galle, SSC, Premadasa, Kandy and Dambulla, the estblishment of anew high performance training centre, called “The Cricket Campus”, and thenegotiation of an active calendar for both the national side and developmentteams(the latter having already been achieved).On the development front he pledged an island-wide spending spree: indoornets in 24 districts, 200 side wickets across the country, a moderngymnasium, the introduction of electronic scoreboards, automatic sprinklersystems, floodlights and the setting up of a cricket academy in every singledistrict of the country.A new administrative structure was confirmed with the SLC being broken downinto four departments – national development, cricket operations, marketingand finance/administration. A new commercial arm, called Sri Lanka CricketIncorporated, which will be registered as a BOI company, will be set up toreduce taxation and duty payments.Finally, a new era of financial accountability and transparency waspromised, with proper systems and controls for project management, regularaudits and budgetary reviews.The mission:Make Sri Lanka the Asian capital of world cricket.Give an opportunity to every outstanding Sri Lankan cricketer to represent the country.Implement a national plan to help develop cricket across Sri Lanka.Establish world-class infrastructure, training and facilities for the game.Uplift the standards of the game in all areas of cricketing activity.Ensure good corporate governance, supported by transparency, accountability and a proactive administration.
The five key pillars:
1.International cricket
2.Domestic cricket
3.Development
4.Administration
5.Finance