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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Colombo, Feb 21 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong>&nbsp;Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday announced the election of Shammi Silva as its new president.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Backed by former president Thilanga Sumathipala, Silva garnered 83 out of a possible 142 votes, and in the process defeated Jayantha Dharmadasa, who ended up with 56 votes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The SLC election was slated to be held on February 2 but was postponed by two weeks as per the advice of the Attorney General.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Alongside Shammi Silva, Mohan de Silva and Ravin Wickremaratne, the other members of the previous executive committee, have been voted in again, this time as secretary and vice-president respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>K. Mathivanan also returned as vice president, the only member of the Dharmadasa faction to be elected.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Former World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga, who promised to clean up the corruption in the SLC, narrowly lost out to Wickremaratne in the race for vice-president.<\/p>\r\n",
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