SLC confirms harassment claims against women's team officials
Sri Lanka cricket have said that investigations into allegations of sexual harassment against the country's women's team have concluded that two male officials were guilty
ESPNcricinfo staff
27-May-2015
Reports filed to the SLC criticised the failure of appointing a female manager to handle women's cricket • Sri Lanka Cricket
Two male officials have been found guilty of sexual harassment of members of the Sri Lanka's women's team, while another official has been found guilty of improper conduct but not sexual harassment. These were the findings of an inquiry committee set up by Sri Lanka's sports ministry, which also concluded that there was no evidence of physical intimacy and consequently no grounds for criminal proceedings. All three members are no longer with the women's team.
The incidents had occurred in 2013 and 2014 and had prompted Sri Lanka's sports ministry to carry out an inquiry of their own. A committee led by NE Dissanayake, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, public trustee Tharangani Dissanaike, and S Aloka Bandara from the Ministry of Public Administration was appointed in November last year to look into the matter.
Their report, and the one filed by the SLC's investigator Manoli Jinadasa, also noted the "unsatisfactory situation that prevailed in the selection and other aspects relating to women's cricket and widely prevalent perceptions of favouritism and bias".
There was also a critique "on the failure to ensure that a female manager handles the Women's Cricket Team." Vanessa de Silva, a former Sri Lanka women's captain, is the current manager and was appointed in April 2015.
The release said SLC was "very concerned" by those observations, will study the reports further and take appropriate action.