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The severe public backlash against the Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee (CTC), chaired by Eran Wickramaratne, centers on its lack of Due Diligence and controversial failure to challenge the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the intellectual property of the Decision Review System (DRS). Critics and legal advocates argue that the committee compromised national interests by sidelining the official recognition and multi-million dollar royalties legally owed to Colombo-based lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, who originally conceptualized the foundational “Player Referral” system in 1997.

The Core of the Controversy

Original Blueprint: Senaka Weeraratna published the core parameters of the “Player Referral” mechanism in The Australian in March 1997, years before the ICC implemented the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS/DRS).

The “ICC Rort” Allegation:

Former ICC legal and executive figures—specifically David Richardson, David Becker, and Jonathan Hall—are accused by local advocates of professional misconduct, misrepresentation, and a deliberate cover-up to deny Sri Lanka authorial credit and financial compensation.

CTC Complicity Claims:

Public frustration has boiled over because the newly formed Cricket Transformation Committee has refused to use its administrative and constitutional reform platform to legally pursue the ICC for these historic wrongs, which is tantamount to validating a system that defrauded a Sri Lankan inventor.

Current State of the Cricket Transformation Committee

Despite the intense scrutiny over the DRS intellectual property issue, the interim committee remains active under the directive of the Sports Ministry:

Aspect Current Status

Leadership Chaired by former corporate executive and MP Eran Wickramaratne.

Key Members Includes legendary cricketers Kumar Sangakkara, Roshan Mahanama, and Sidath Wettimuny alongside corporate and legal experts.

Mandate

Overhauling governance, proposing a new SLC Constitution (reducing voting structures), and managing day-to-day operations until fresh elections can be held.

Legal Disputes

Facing a separate lawsuit from former Selection Committee Chairman Pramodya Wickramasinghe over the premature, arbitrary termination of his contract.

If you want, I can provide more details on:

The specific four foundational pillars of Weeraratna’s 1997 framework.

The structure of the proposed new draft constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket.

Updates on the legal battles involving the committee.

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