{"id":594,"date":"2026-04-30T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=594"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:38:42","slug":"comprehensive-reforms-needed-in-sri-lanka-cricket-eran-wickramaratne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/30\/comprehensive-reforms-needed-in-sri-lanka-cricket-eran-wickramaratne\/","title":{"rendered":"Comprehensive Reforms Needed in Sri Lanka Cricket \u2013 Eran Wickramaratne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Reform Committee, Eran Wickramaratne, has emphasized the need for a transformative overhaul of the country\u2019s cricket system.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media after assuming office, he stated that the very name \u201cReform Committee\u201d reflects the intention to bring about meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that reforms must take place at all levels\u2014starting from the constitution and governance of Sri Lanka Cricket down to grassroots development.<\/p>\n<p>Wickramaratne noted that it is too early to discuss short-term and long-term plans, adding that the first step is to listen carefully to the views of all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that the committee will initially assess the current situation and engage in discussions with management and external parties before formulating a comprehensive long-term strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Reform Committee, Eran Wickramaratne, has emphasized the need for a transformative overhaul of the country\u2019s cricket system. Speaking to the media after assuming office, he stated that the very name \u201cReform Committee\u201d reflects the intention to bring about meaningful change. He stressed that reforms must take place at all &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}