Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has ordered a probe into wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara's comments that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was populated by "partisan cronies".

Sangakkara, in an hour-long speech for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)'s annual Spirit of Cricket lecture at Lord's, had said that Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup win led to a change in direction at the top of the sport in the country, bringing a loss of direction, transparency and accountability.