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3 March 1997

Dharmadasa remains president : overcomes CCC challenge

By Sa`adi Thawfeeq

Upali Dharmadasa survived a storm from the Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) to continue as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka for a second consecutive year at the 49th annual general meeting held at the Cricket Board headquarters Sunday.

The CCC representative at the meeting Kumar Ponnambalam wanted Dharmadasa to vacate the post and appoint a pro tempore chairman to conduct proceedings with regard to the election of officebearers and special committees.

The house then appointed Dharmadasa as pro tempore chairman to which Ponnambalam objected.

The CCC representative also questioned the eligibility of Dharmadasa and secretary Triphone Mirando to be nominated to contest the elections.

Dharmadasa replied that he had been an office-bearer of the Cricket Board since 1990-91 and the question of his eligibility did not arise.

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