Shenali D Waduge

The entire country is euphoric following the Women’s Cricket Team winning the Asia Cup. It brought pride to our hearts & minds & relived the victorious memories in 1996 when the Male Cricketers lifted the World Cup. There is another pride that has yet to gain the limelight it deserves & much of it is due to the element of erisiyawa” that plagues people’s mind primarily because recognition goes to one person though as a whole the nation can take pride in it. This single person is Senaka Weeraratna who has been silently battling to be given due acknowledgement for authoring the DRS system used not only in cricket but all sports today. As a fellow classmate, the onus is on you, the Prime Minister to ensure justice & fair play be granted to your classmate Senaka Weeraratna who has brought glory to Sri Lanka by an invention that has turned the game of cricket on its head. No one in the world is more entitled to credit for the cricket revolution that DRS has achieved than its true author – Senaka Weeraratna.
The fact that no one else in the world is pressing a claim with supporting evidence reinforces Weeraratna’s singular claim.

If there is an issue over his claim of authorship, appoint a committee to appraise the evidence & give it a mandate to present findings to the ICC Board. 

Sri Lanka Cricket Board, Sri Lanka Sports Ministry and the Sports Minister have not shown the slightest interest in bringing this glory home.

The clock is ticking. We do not wish to be Waiting for Godot as Senaka Weeraratna deserves to be acknowledged for coming up with the formula originally known as  ‘player referral’ which is now used globally. What good is a song without knowing who wrote the lyrics. Thus, everyone should know who the author of the DRS is.

As a fellow classmate and fighter for Justice we hope you as PM will boldly take the initiative to cut the red tape and bring home another glory for Sri Lanka’s Cricket.