President receives cricket report from Cabinet sub-committee

Colombo, Jan 01 (Daily Mirror) - The Ministerial Sub-Committee for Cricket, led by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, handed over its report to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today.

The President said he intends to implement the recommendations in the report, while the report and the draft of the new Sports Bill will be presented to Parliament shortly.

The President appointed this committee after former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe appointed an interim committee headed by former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga.

The other members of the sub-committee include Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara, Minister of Labour & Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara and Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles.