Sri Lanka's cricketers are set to receive their outstanding salaries by the end of February after a Sri Lankan bank agreed to release 600 million rupees (approx US$5.07 million) to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to meet this commitment, the country's sports ministry has said.

Sri Lanka's sports minister has ordered the state-run Bank of Ceylon to settle the wages of national cricketers who have not been paid for over a year, a statement said on Friday.

Sri Lanka shook up the domestic cricket scene on Thursday by appointing a new panel to choose future players, following the national team's abysmal performance during their current tour of South Africa.

Sri Lanka's sports minister on Monday blasted the national cricket team's recent performances, saying the side was riven by politics and in "crisis".

Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has urged cricket team skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan to maintain sound communications with the selection committee and coach to help end their losing streak.

Sri Lankan middle-order batsman Thilan Samaraweera, who was earlier overlooked by the selectors for the upcoming tour to South Africa, has been reinstated in the squad, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said on Tuesday.

The interim committee running Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has to be dissolved mid next month and the first election in seven years would be held, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said in Colombo on Thursday.

Sri Lanka Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage on Tuesday rubbished claims that Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has been stalled due to non-participation of Indian players and sponsorship issues.

Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara is in hot water after his highly acclaimed lecture at Lord's, where he criticised what he alleged was a corrupt and politicised cricket administration at home.

Sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has set up a four-member Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) interim committee and vowed to save the game from the mafia.