The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday cleared the way for the national cricket board committee to be elected for the first time in seven years in line with International Cricket Council (ICC) rules. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said he was dissolving Sri Lanka Cricket’s interim managing committee and hoped there would be elections before the end of the year. “I will sign a gazette (notification) tonight dismissing the interim committee,” Aluthgamage told AFP. Interim committees appointed by the government have run cricket in Sri Lanka for the last seven years, prompting accusations that politicians were interfering in the sport.