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Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga helped launch a complaint on Thursday against alleged dishonesty in the governing body and the politicization of its management.
Ranatunga is now a resistance lawmaker in Sri Lanka and connected several others to launch a appeal on Thursday in Colombo, demanding an end to the government appoint interim committees to run Sri Lanka Cricket.
Cricket officials were accuse of corruption and misconduct as the governing body accumulate US$ 69 million in debt after co-hosting the World Cup with India and Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka's sports minister fired the preceding administration earlier this month and selected another temporary five-man committee.
Ranatunga said the government has politicized cricket and other sports by appoint provisional committees to run their administration.
"Sri Lanka Cricket has become broke and establishment has no interest in rectify this sad situation," he said.
He calls on the public "to join hands to stop political intrusion and restore the image of sports."
SLC has been run by consecutive interim committees, picked by politicians, for seven years.
The International Cricket Council this month generally decided to amend its laws to make free elections compulsory for all national bodies by mid-2012.
Sri Lankan establishment have said election for SLC will be held next year.
In March, the International Rugby Board poised the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union from full IRB member status after failing to conduct suitable board elections, and restored the membership weeks later after election were held properly.
Netball is also run by a temporary committee, but the sport's officials have said elections will be held shortly for the alliance.
Ranatunga, who played for Sri Lanka from 1982 to 2000, led the national team in 1996 when the team hit Australia in the final to win the World Cup.
Cricket is the most popular and wealthiest sport in the country, but internal strife among those seeking a spot on the Board and political interfering has resulted in elections for office holders not being held for seven years.
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