ICC suspends SLC for government interference

The International Cricket Council on Friday suspended its fullmember Sri Lanka after observing government interference in the national board following a tumultuous week The Sri Lankan parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution calling for the sacking of the countryrsquos cricket governing body with both the ruling and opposition parties supporting itAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 Pakistan living on hopeldquoThe International Cricket Council ICC Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricketrsquos membership of the ICC with immediate effectrdquo said the ICC in a statement ldquoThe ICC Board met today and determined that Sri Lanka Cricket is in serious breach of its obligations as a Member in particular the requirement to manage its affairs autonomously and ensure that there is no government interference in the governance regulation andor administration of cricket in Sri LankaAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 Records broken by Indian playersldquoThe conditions of the suspension will be decided by the ICC Board in due courserdquo the statement added The resolution passed by Sri Lankan parliament amounted to government interference and that was enough ground for the ICC Board to suspend Sri Lankarsquos membership A sequence of events unfolded in Sri Lankan cricket following the teamrsquos disappointing run in the ongoing World Cup in India Sri Lanka could manage only two wins from nine games and are out of the semifinals raceThe main opposition party leader Sajith Premadasa moved the resolution titled lsquothe removal of the corrupt SLC Sri Lanka Cricket managementrsquo which was seconded by the senior government minister Nimal Siripala de Silva The parliamentrsquos approval came two days after the Court of Appeal restored the SLC management headed by Shammi Silva on TuesdayChief selector blames external conspiracyChief Selector Pramodaya Wickramasinghe on Friday alleged that Sri Lankarsquos disastrous show at the ongoing ODI World Cup was a result ldquoof a conspiracy from outsiderdquo The Sri Lankan team returned home early on Friday morning from India after their fivewicket loss in the last group stage match against New Zealand in Bangalore Pressed for reasons for the poor performance Wickramasingha a member of the World Cupwinning 1996 team said ldquogive me two days to disclose everything about it This was the result of a conspiracy from outside ldquoIt is very sad I am taking responsibilityrdquo he told reporters at the airportThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever