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Message: <blockquote data-quote="577" data-source="post: 13567816" data-attributes="member: 173045">      <img src="http://www.adaderana.lk/news_images/7956347112.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lankan cricket authorities have complained to organisers about  cheerleaders at the World Twenty20 tournament after media criticism  describing them as a “disgraceful eyesore”. Nishantha Ranatunga,  secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, told AFP that fans had also provided  “negative feedback” after lacklustre displays by the local performers,  who lead celebrations when wickets are taken and boundaries scored. “The  impression created by these cheerleaders is not acceptable,” Ranatunga  said Thursday. “We complained to the ICC (International Cricket Council)  that this is harming the image of Sri Lanka. “We had a lot of negative feedback which we passed on to the ICC as we had nothing to do with selecting the dance troupes.” The  dancers, who are dressed in blue leggings, striped skirts and T-shirts  bearing advertising slogans, have been attacked in the Sri Lankan media  for their amateur dancing and un-coordinated routines. The  manager of the cheerleaders, Sudev Abeysekara, was quoted in India’s  Hindustan Times on Saturday as saying that more attractive dancers were  not available due to low wages. “In an event like this you need  good looking girls, and to get the beautiful girls who are professional  dancers, you have to pay more,” he said. “The payment is not that  great.” He added that “the girls are not comfortable, the tights  they are wearing slip down while dancing and the girls are busy tying  them here and there.” Abeysekara, who was not available to  comment to AFP, also said that the dancers declined to wear shorts as  they “are conscious that parents are watching”. Event organisers  said the contract for providing cheerleaders had been awarded to a  foreign company which sub-contracted the work to a Sri Lankan firm. Cheerleaders  were popularised in cricket with the arrival of the high-energy  Twenty20 format, and they have become a popular part of the annual  Indian Premier League (IPL). The first Twenty20 semifinal was held on Thursday between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, with the final on Sunday. (AFP)</blockquote>

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