Malinga accepts guilt for having said 'Rilawa' to Dayasiri -- subjected to fine and probationary period!

Malinga accepts guilt for having said 'Rilawa' to Dayasiri -- subjected to fine and probationary period!

Cricketer Lasith Malinga had been audacious enough to make a statement related to a simile that 'rilaw' have come to inquire into problems of nests of parrots thus criticising Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera while expressing various other problems related to him, and thereby bringing chagrin upon the minister. According to the agreement in force in existence between Sri Lanka Cricket and the government as it is not

possible to issue statements to the media without permission, disciplinary action was taken against Lasith Malinga.

The three-member committee of Sri Lanka Cricket met last evening and decided that Lasith Malinga has committed an offence and he too has accepted his guilt in that connection. He has apologised for having expressed comments to the media without proper sanction. He has begged pardon in that connection and therefore the punishment that should be meted out to him has thus been relaxed to some extent. As such, he has been subjected to a probationary period of 6 months on the understanding that there would be no pardon if he makes any such flaw in that respect in future.

Whatever it is, Lasith Malinga has been imposed a 50 per cent fine from the

first international match fee for which he takes part next time, according to the Sri Lanka Disciplinary Rules on operation. Tilanga Sumathipala, Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket who addressed the media last afternoon said that no interference would be caused as a result for Lasth Malinga's participation in the tournament to be played with Zimbabwe in the near future.

The statement of Lasith Malinga which stands as reason for punishment is as follows: 

'Only those who play cricket know about the game of cricket. That is why it's told, as when parrots are outside, 'rilaw' are in the hole. Because it is the parrot who knows how to make the nest. It's the parrot who has the necessity of making the nest. When 'rilaw' creeps into it and try to provide all sorts of answers, mistakes can be made. To bowl one ball we have to practise bowling about 1000 balls. Only a short period of about a second is available to take a decision. The decision taken during that period may come right or go wrong. But by being seated on a chair those decisions can be twisted about and all sorts of things can be said. But that is not justification in the game of Cricket. Before making such big talks, if there are obligations ... those must be fulfilled. Those who watch Cricket with amnesia can say that the ball was dropped after striking the belly. But we have seen number one players in the world dropping catches. Unfortunately it is at a crucial time that the catch was missed in that match. I came to hear big talks of blaming the players like ... the belly was too much and so forth. All these players have displayed their skills and through the selection committee joined the squad after obtaining the signature of the Sports Minister. That's how they participated for the Champions Trophy. It's from the Sports Minister that the final approval is secured".