Suspension of errant official: D.S. starts with a straight bat

Cricket has come full circle undergoing change in a spin of the wheel, all anew from the captaincy of the team to the sport's administrative arm in testing times. If the sudden departure of Mahela Jayawardene from the captaincy touched an emotional chord followed by the horrendous terrorist attack on our cricket team in Pakistan, the induction of Kumar Sangakkara as Sri Lanka's next captain and on its heels the entry of new names in an interim committee to administer the sport has been eventful. Added to which an errant official running amock at the cricket board during the interim committee's inaugural meeting last week.

That the cricket board can very well do without this type of jackass red herrings who have reportedly stripped it of its honourable gentemanly name by the shady deals we hear by the day must go without saying at a time SLC has a plateful in its hands.

And in that respect new Chairman D.S. de Silva deserves to be complimented for starting with a straight bat in putting this errant official, namely B.H.Perera referred to as Podi Sir, a name he has earned for his notoriety in handling things to suit him, in his place by suspending his services.

Indeed, it is a fine start for D.S. as he was well known when he sent down his leg breaks during an era when Sri Lanka was striving to catch the international eye.

D.S. has set the tone for discipline at the cricket board, and he should not hesitate to take action against any other errant officials.

(SO)