{"id":28820,"date":"2026-07-29T20:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28820"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:38:08","slug":"when-the-minister-changed-everything-fell-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28820","title":{"rendered":"When the Minister Changed, Everything fell through\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amidst a severe crisis in Sri Lankan cricket, the newly appointed Cricket Transformation Committee has managed to complete a significant amount of administrative work behind the scenes within a short period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was revealed during a press conference held yesterday (28) by the committee&#8217;s chairman, Eran Wickramaratne, alongside other committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was disclosed during the briefing that over LKR 600 million had been spent annually on legal expenses alone in the past. 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