For the year 2006 Sri Lanka Cricket Board is budgeting for income exceeding 500 million rupees.
"We need a net income of 500 million rupees each year to carry out our functions," said Seneviratne.
(US$ 1 = LKR 102)
Net profits for the 12 months to December 2005 stood at 356.97 million rupees over a deficit of 321.54 million rupees.
The governing body saw total income surge three times to 966.91 million rupees over 398.62 million rupees reported in 2004.
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Of this, income from international tournaments alone were up four folds to 881.78 million rupees in 2005 from 280.09 million rupees, as visiting teams from West Indies, Bangladesh and a tri-series between West Indies/India/Sri Lanka helped swell board coffers.
"Nearly 80 percent of our total revenues c