{"id":111437,"date":"2021-02-07T17:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=111437"},"modified":"2021-02-07T17:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:28:57","slug":"allegations-of-bias-in-cricket-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/02\/07\/allegations-of-bias-in-cricket-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegations of Bias in Cricket Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Palitha Mapatuna\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>In the selection of teams to represent Sri\nLanka in international cricket, one&nbsp;comes across allegations of bias in\nfavour of a particular religion and\/or cult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Circumstantial evidence may suggest substance in these\nallegations (see \u2018Episode 273 Salakuna of Hiru News\u2019).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;light of these allegations, and to maintain\npublic confidence, action seems necessary to <em>prevent<\/em> any possible bias through introduction of proper systems for\nselection of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8211; the overall governing body<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8211; the panel(s) selectors&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8211; the pools and squads&nbsp;of potential\nplayers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8211; the final team for a particular match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems unlikely that mere <em>tinkering<\/em> with systems\nwill restore any loss of public confidence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palitha Mapatuna&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palitha Mapatuna\u00a0 In the selection of teams to represent Sri Lanka in international cricket, one&nbsp;comes across allegations of bias in favour of a particular religion and\/or cult. Circumstantial evidence may suggest substance in these allegations (see \u2018Episode 273 Salakuna of Hiru News\u2019).&nbsp; In the&nbsp;light of these allegations, and to maintain public confidence, action seems necessary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}