Aravinda steps down

by Champika Fernando

Aravinda de Silva will step down as Chairman of Cricket Committee at the end of June this year, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced yesterday.

He had tendered his resignation on Thursday citing 'personal commitment that would hinder his availability and time investment in the Committee further'.

"For someone like Aravinda, cricket is a full time occupation. As an administrator of his calibre, he eats, drinks and sleeps cricket. It's understandable that he needs to prioritise his personal commitments - he has supported the strategic vision of this administration and been vastly instrumental in many of the developments we have made," SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala said in a statement.

"We intend to continue to engage Ari's expertise in our key cricketing activities on a consultancy basis" he concluded.

Before he took over the role in March 2016, de Silva headed an interim selection commiittee which oversaw the selection of Sri Lanka squad for the 2016 T20 World Cup.
A cricketer par excellence, de Silva was intsrumental in changing Sri Lanka's coaching structure and also mastermined the setting up of the National High Performance centre.