{"id":68173,"date":"2017-07-24T16:57:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T23:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=68173"},"modified":"2017-07-24T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T23:57:14","slug":"charlie-austin-kaustav-lahiri-and-other-foreigners-manage-most-cricketers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/07\/24\/charlie-austin-kaustav-lahiri-and-other-foreigners-manage-most-cricketers\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Austin, Kaustav Lahiri and Other Foreigners Manage Most Cricketers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dilrook Kannangara<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cricketers managed by Charlie Austin include Dickwella, Tharanga, Chandimal, Mathews, Asela, Dilruwan, Prasanna, Lakmal, Malinga and Nuwan. He is the manager of most regular players.<\/p>\n<p>Players managed by Kaustav Lahiri include Amila Aponsu, Chameera, Lahiru Madushanka, Hasaranga and Vishwa Fernando. Rob Ashwell manages Sachith Pathirana and Tissara Perera while Luke Keech manages Milinda Siriwardana. Dhananjaya Silva and Sadheera Samarawickrama are managed by one Mohamed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Myfoy45txIA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Myfoy45txIA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"response to Sangakkara\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Myfoy45txIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do these people have any regard for the nation and the national cricket team? Very unlikely. The sheer number of regular players managed by these foreigners raise alarm bells. Former senior players have not only been their customers but also introduced new players to them. Do these agents pay tax on their earnings? Can they be tried in Sri Lankan courts for offences?<\/p>\n<p>There should be new laws to disallow foreigners manage local players and the number of players an agent can manage.<\/p>\n<p>Monetizing cricket is not the problem. All cricketers and other sportsmen must maximize their earnings while they can. However, when done in excess it can possibly destroy the sport and introduce outside forces to control the game. Minister of Sport must look into this before Sri Lanka cricket disappears into nothingness.<\/p>\n<p>All cricket loving people must thank World Cup winning captain Arjuna for his bold revelation. Other matters he raised including the need to investigate World Cup 2011 Final should also be considered. What is most worrying is the possible existence of a Cricket Mafia that attacks and gangs up against anyone taking on their lucrative industry at the expense of national cricket. Putting all blame on selectors and the cricket board seems a very clever diversion tactic found as found in political platforms. Who knew there were other significant actors behind the wicket!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dilrook Kannangara Cricketers managed by Charlie Austin include Dickwella, Tharanga, Chandimal, Mathews, Asela, Dilruwan, Prasanna, Lakmal, Malinga and Nuwan. He is the manager of most regular players. Players managed by Kaustav Lahiri include Amila Aponsu, Chameera, Lahiru Madushanka, Hasaranga and Vishwa Fernando. Rob Ashwell manages Sachith Pathirana and Tissara Perera while Luke Keech manages Milinda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dilrook-kannangara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68173","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=68173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}