And even if the civil war ended two years ago, the same which remains in the Sri Lankan cricket administration.
The President and the Minister of sports of the country, rule to install their favorite instead of holding elections.
This should be added the brutal politicking said to be characteristic of the Islands - and Tillakaratne is now a politician himself, a member of the Provincial Council of West.
Tillakaratne has said publicly that he would appoint administrators and players when he testifies to the ICC Anti Corruption and security unit. The ICC, however, are well aware of some of these directors: one was Chief of the Sri Lankan Board and one at the same time bookmaking business.
Fortunately, the ICC changed their rules and prevented from becoming their President as well.
Rumours swirled around Mumbai after Sri Lanka lost the final against the India World Cup, on 2 April on the extraordinary number of changes which Sri Lanka made the team which won the semi-final against the New Zealand : not less than five.
One was caused by an injury, to their All - Rounder Angelo Mathews, but the other four changes were capital gains - including the omission of Ajantha Mendis, the mystery spinner, who was the most economic bowler in the tournament all those who have overthrown ten overs or more.
But, as always, rumors and allegations are one thing, while pieces of paper as detailed accounts are another.
It will be a surprise if the declarations of the Tillakaratne to rock the boat in the course of the next two months, as the policy of his country may need to toggle.
But they will do nothing to improve the stability of the national team, who have a new captain in Tillakaratne Dilshan.
While most of the party toured Sri Lanka arrive Wednesday and challenge their opening match against Middlesex at Uxbridge Saturday, the biggest names in Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene will complete their commitments to the Indian Premier League before coming to the second (and last) warm-up game against the Lions of England.
Not a prolonged and unified adjustment to the conditions which will be novel for half of the party.
For the last two decades, Sri Lanka was propelled - in half top of the table of Test - by two bowlers, but no more.
Muttiah Muralitharan retired with 800 Test wickets, although he will be kicked and spinning for Gloucestershire in the T20 competition, while his compatriots are in competition in the second Test to the Lord.
Chaminda Vaas is almost as much of a loss - and perhaps should not have lost everything.
At 37, he was always right to be called the Launcher foxiest in contemporary cricket, so many is his variations of left arm medium; and he scored more than 3,000 test runs in addition to its 355 Test wickets.
VAAS is the only attack-leader Sri Lanka have had.
They hoped Lasith Malinga would resume, but the slinger preferred lucrative pastures of the IPL in the grind of five-day cricket and withdrew it at 28.
No Malinga, no Murali, no Vaas and no Mathews as brilliant a perspective frappeurs as elsewhere in the world today and a useful fourth seamer in English conditions, though it should recover for the series of a day which follows.
Weight especially will therefore fall on their new captain, who is being the most versatile player of international cricket.
Dilshan started life as Tuwan Mohamed Dilshan, Member of the small Muslim community of Sri Lanka. Their minarets drill over downtown Colombo around stage Premadasa, where of the staging of the World Cup semi-final.
They are also known under the name of the Malay community and Dilshan - when he entered in the Test team as a dashing middle-order batsman - was by far the most notable cricket they had produced.
Then he converted to Buddhism and became Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan. He was flexible on the field too. He kept wicket in Test matches.
It became a useful off-spinner, better that any spinner England had in the last cup of the world outside Graeme Swann.
No there was no better point because fielder Jonty Rhodes retired; and during the ttwweennttyy world in 2009, Dilshan descended on a knee so boldly and so often, to pick up pace bowling over his shoulder and his helmeted head, that the race was named after him: Dil-scoop.
Dilshan is a leader in nature too. When the Sri Lankan bus was killed by terrorists in Lahore in March 2009, Dilshan was on the front.
As the driver continued to drive the bus, he had to duck under the windshield to avoid being shot, and it was Dilshan behind him who waits on the parapet of seats and yelled for the driver, telling him to influence the left or right.
But the courage and the ability of risk taking that Dilshan was displayed in more than one way, there is a disadvantage.
In 2009, he left the Middle order to open the stick and listed 11 international hundreds in a year, much in the vein of Virender Sehwag: not many of the defence, but such surprisingly quick hands it is usually the Launcher to defend themselves.
The evolution of cricket, emerging of new techniques, but some things remain the same: and one of them is that killing, drummers really attacking do not test for successful captains.
They are blocked on a dilemma without an abdominal protector. If they play their natural game and go out, they are accused of give the example and pilloried.
It is probably too late for Dilshan, 34, to consider a change of style anyway. It must continue to play its big shots and rely on his pair of third-window of Sangakkara and Jayawardene to clarify.
They once put together, 624 against South Africa not less. But I always take England to win 2-0, until Cardiff or Southampton allows a result.
Sri Lanka tour fixtures
14-16 May: v Middlesex (Uxbridge) from 19 to 22 may: v England Lions (Derby) 26-May 30: 1 test (Cardiff) 3-June 7: 2nd TEST (Lord) 10-12 June: v Essex (Chelmsford) June 16-20: 3rd TEST (Southampton) June 22 : v Worcestershire (Worcester) June 25: only T20I v England (Bristol), June 28: 1 v ODI in England (Oval) on 1 July: 2nd ODI v England (Headingley) 3 July: 3rd ODI v of England (Lord) of 6 July: 4th ODI in England (Trent bridge) July 9v: 5th ODI v England (Old Trafford) 11 July: ODI / Ireland (Edinburgh) July 13: V ODI in Scotland (Edinburgh)
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