Due to “Government interference” Sri Lanka Cricket was suspended by the International Cricket Council on Friday. The cricket board’s ban occurred just one day after Sri Lanka’s final 2023 World Cup group stage match, in which the team won just two of their nine games.
During its meeting on Friday, the ICC Board concluded that Sri Lanka Cricket has seriously violated its membership responsibilities, specifically “the requirement to manage its affairs autonomously and ensure that Government intervention in Sri Lanka’s cricket governance, regulation, and/or administration does not exist.
The devastating 302 run defeat against India caused difficulties for the Sri Lankan cricket board in the 2023 World Cup, when it was bowled out for just 55 runs. The crisis was exacerbated when the sports minister fired the whole cricket board shortly after the defeat. But the court of appeals quickly restored Sri Lanka Cricket.
A news source said that a joint resolution by the opposition and the government was passed in parliament on Thursday, demanding the resignation of the SLC’s administration. The ICC will determine the terms of the suspension; the board is scheduled to convene on November 21. Following this meeting, it is anticipated that further clarity will be provided regarding the next steps.
Sky Sports News has learned that Sri Lanka’s sports minister sacked the entire cricket board on Monday and appointed an interim committee led by World victor Arjuna Ranatunga. But it also contained the sons of two politicians. The courts overturned this temporary committee on Tuesday and reinstalled the previous board.
The government of Sri Lanka is able to disband the governing body of any sport, as per the country’s own sports law. But the ICC has not been fond of this since Sri Lanka’s government last established a committee in 2014. Additionally, a three-Test series against England is planned for next summer, featuring Sri Lanka.”
The ICC needs to provide an explanation for what is taking place. Members of international cricket boards that represent various countries make up the ICC Board. Sri Lanka is among those. “The president of Sri Lanka, Shammi Silva, is a member of the ICC Board. Because the International Criminal Court (ICC) does not want its member boards to have their governments meddle or invade, as has happened—or what the Sri Lankan government has attempted to do in the last week—the ICC Board has been convinced to take action against the country’s government.
That is not what the ICC wants to occur. “I think the word “suspension” was chosen on purpose since it makes people a little nervous. They want to know if they can still play with their squad. But for nearly a month, there are no planned cricket matches in Sri Lanka. Since there won’t be any men’s or women’s tournaments for a while, I think now is a good opportunity to get things done.
A domestic competition is scheduled for December. “No matches are in danger in the near future, according to a message from the International Cricket Council (ICC).”The fragmented and multi-agent government of Sri Lanka is now in charge. No matches are in danger going forward, according to a communication from the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The fractured and multi-agent Sri Lankan government is now responsible. Though we’ll have to wait and see, I get the feeling that the ICC’s action here may be partially successful in rejecting the government’s overtures. I suspect that the government will be sufficiently dissuaded and that a new cycle will have begun as a result of the Sri Lanka men’s team’s terrible World Cup performance, which has dominated the news cycle.
The government will become less interested in the workings of the SLC if that ceases occurring.” Divided over the minister’s decision to remove the SLC board of management, the administration unveiled a report that included a new voting procedure for the selection of office bearers in the proposed new constitution for the governing body.
Remarkably, Pramodaya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka’s senior selector, had previously accused the team of a “outside conspiracy” for their miserable World Cup campaign. Wickramasinghe, who was on the winning team in the tournament’s 1996 edition, remarked shortly after arriving at the airport, “Give me two days to disclose everything about it.”
This was the outcome of an external conspiracy, a news agency reported. Despite just defeating the Netherlands and England during the 2023 World Cup, Sri Lanka had a difficult tournament. The 1996 winners were plagued by several injuries both before and during the competition, necessitating the addition of replacements to the starting lineup.
In actuality, the team’s captain Dasun Shanaka sustained an injury during the competition, forcing Kusal Mendis to assume leadership midway through the campaign. Sri Lanka is now ranked ninth in the points table; their final position will be determined by the outcomes of the remaining matches during the group stage.
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