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Contradicting a statement made by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala in Parliament recently, International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Dave Richardson said yesterday that ICC approval was not necessary for SLC to establish and recognise Cricket Aid as its official charity arm.

Sumathipala had earlier come under severe questioning during a Parliamentary session, on the legality and the operations of Cricket Aid, and dodged the issue by saying that ICC had approved the organisation on the condition that it became it’s own incorporated and independent organisation.

Richardson, in the island on invitation of SLC and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), said: “There is no need for ICC to get involved. SLC don’t need ICC approval to accept a charitable organisation as their official charity. The only time we get involved is if the Sri Lanka Cricket Team is using a logo of a particular organisation - be it a commercial or charitable organisation - and when that time comes, if there is an application to use a particular logo we look and see if it complies with out current regulations,” bringing into Sumathipala’s claim that he made in Parliament.

Sumathipala, responding to a question directed at Richardson, said, “As per the ICC playing conditions, the (logo of) charitable arm can be on the clothing of the players. ICC can only recognise a registered organisation so you can’t do it unless there is a registered organisation in the country. Registration has to be under the corporate law of the country (2007) but under the registration of corporations we have registered, you can’t register it (through SLC) as SLC is an incorporated body. That is what I told Parliament, that, individually each member who were serving in the Ex-co, have given their personal name to form the incorporation of the Cricket Aid (as a separate organisation).

Once the Cricket Aid is formulated and registered under the registration of companies, that becomes an incorporated charitable arm. Then we have sent to ICC saying this is our charitable arm, which is incorporated, so that the officially recognised charitable arm of SLC is Cricket Aid. And we have changed the Constitution and in the Constitution we have given, which will be ratified only this Sunday, the official charitable arm as per the Constitution of Sri Lanka, has to be approved by SLC. Earlier, we didn’t have that provision therefore we couldn’t get it registered under the ICC.”

Sumathipala also claimed he had the right to pick and choose who he wanted to fill certain positions, saying he would select people he trusted.

When Sumathipala was asked about the Media Manager position he said, “We decided that he (the previous media manager) was not suitable for the job anymore, and we advertised last month and we shortlisted six applicants, which will be reduced to three. I’m the legal spokesman of SLC, so I will take someone who I trust as the media manager. It is my right and responsibility.”

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