The suspension of Sri Lanka’s ICC membership occurred on November 10 resulting from authorities interference, which concerned the dismissal of SLC’s board by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sport, changed by an interim committee.
The choice was influenced by Sri Lanka’s sub-par efficiency on this yr’s World Cup. Regardless of the suspension, the sacking of the board was briefly halted by Sri Lanka’s Courtroom of Attraction.
“After listening to illustration from SLC, the ICC Board determined that Sri Lanka can proceed to compete internationally each in bilateral cricket and ICC occasions after being suspended not too long ago for breaching its obligations as a Member particularly the requirement to handle its affairs autonomously and with out authorities interference,” the ICC stated.
“Nevertheless, funding to SLC can be managed by the ICC and the ICC Board confirmed Sri Lanka will not host the ICC U19 Males’s Cricket World Cup 2024, which can now be held in South Africa.”
The ICC has additionally endorsed a brand new gender eligibility rules, stipulating that people, whether or not male or feminine, who’ve undergone any type of male puberty can be ineligible to take part in worldwide girls’s cricket.
Moreover, the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) has agreed to implement a cease clock on a trial foundation in males’s ODI and T20I cricket, efficient from December 2023 to April 2024.
This measure goals to control the time taken between overs. If the bowling staff fails to be prepared for the following over inside 60 seconds of finishing the earlier one, a five-run penalty can be imposed after the third incidence in an innings.
(With Reuters inputs)
