Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- Legal action will be taken against Sri Lanka Cricket and the Cricket Transformation Committee, former Cricket Selection Committee Chairman Pramodya Wickramasinghe declared. He stated this claiming that defamation and prejudice affected his reputation when the selection committee under his chairmanship was removed.

No positive response was received to the letter sent to the Transformation Committee regarding the arbitrary termination of his contract, Pramodya Wickramasinghe further said.

The current Sports Minister appointed a cricket selection committee under the chairmanship of Pramodya Wickramasinghe for a period of 2 years from December last year, naming Tharanga Paranavitana, Indika de Saram, Vinothen John, and...