The Cabinet of Ministers has approved publication of a new Sri Lanka Cricket Bill, clearing the way for it to be gazetted and then put to Parliament.
The legislation is aimed at reorganising and strengthening the administration of cricket, the Daily Mirror reported. Hiru News and EconomyNext reported the same decision.
What the Bill would do
Under the proposed law, Sri Lanka Cricket would be authorised to govern, control, regulate, promote, develop and administer the sport in Sri Lanka. Prepared by the Legal Draftsman, it sets out the legal framework for SLC’s structure, powers and functions — and provides for SLC’s incorporation in statute.
The Bill is framed around good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability. It also covers:
- inclusion and equal opportunity for those involved in the sport
- protection of the welfare of participants
- provisions to safeguard cricket from corruption and other improper activities
The draft has received clearance from the Attorney General. The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports is now authorised to publish it in the Government Gazette, after which it goes to Parliament for consideration and approval.
Today’s decision is the second one, not the first
The Daily Mirror’s account states that “the decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting held on June 8, 2026” — which, read alone, makes a September filing look like months-old news.
Hiru’s version resolves it. Initial approval to draft the Bill was given at the 8 June Cabinet meeting. What Cabinet approved today is publication of the finished draft — the stage that became possible once the Legal Draftsman completed it and the Attorney General signed it off. June was permission to write the Bill; September is permission to gazette it.
Where this sits in a longer restructuring
A statutory framework for SLC would be the formal end-point of a governance overhaul that has run through the year, alongside the work of the Cricket Transformation Committee chaired by Eran Wickramaratne.
It lands on the same day Sri Lanka’s women took Asian Games silver, beaten by 147 runs by India.
Not reported
No outlet reports what the Bill changes about how SLC office-bearers are elected — the issue at the centre of most disputes over cricket administration here. None says whether it replaces or amends the Sports Law under which SLC currently operates, what happens to the existing constitution and interim arrangements, when the gazette will appear, or when Parliament will debate it. No draft text has been published.
