Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Shammi Silva has made a “fervent attraction” to the members of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) board members to “carve out an exception” that allowed Sri Lanka to play worldwide cricket regardless of getting suspended. Earlier within the month, SLC was suspended by ICC following a political slugfest in SL after the introduction of an interim committee led by Arjun Ranatunga by the Sri Lanka Sports activities Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, who additionally suspended all the SLC board following a heavy loss to India within the Cricket World Cup and a disappointing event total, which noticed them win solely two matches out of 9 and likewise miss out on ICC Champions Trophy 2025 slot.
Within the ICC Board assembly on Tuesday, it was confirmed that the funding to SLC shall be managed by the ICC and the ICC Board and Sri Lanka will now not host the ICC U19 Males’s Cricket World Cup 2024, which can now be held in South Africa.
Nonetheless, they allowed Sri Lanka to play worldwide cricket due to Silva’s attraction to the board members.
“Taking part in [the ICC board meeting on November 21] as an observer, the President of SLC, Mr. Shammi Silva, urged the ICC board to grant further time for the Sri Lankan authorities to rectify the difficulty of political interference in cricket,” SLC’s launch stated.
“Nonetheless, the ICC Board, taking cognizance of comparable suspensions imposed by World Rugby and FIFA in response to political interference, concluded that ample time had already been afforded to the Sri Lankan authorities to deal with and rectify the difficulty. Consequently, the ICC board confirmed the suspension of Sri Lanka Cricket,” SLC’s launch added.
“Nonetheless, pursuant to SLC President Shammi Silvas’s fervent appen to the Members, the ICC Board has carved out an exception allowing Sri Lankans to compete internationally in bilateral and ICC occasions, regardless of the suspension,” SLC launch said.
In accordance with ESPNcricinfo, the SLC officers themselves requested the ICC for a suspension to “pressure Sri Lanka’s sports activities minister Roshan Ranasinghe to again down in his makes an attempt to switch the board with an interim committee.”
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