The Worldwide Cricket Council Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership of the ICC with rapid impact.
The ICC Board met on Friday and decided that Sri Lanka Cricket is in severe breach of its obligations as a member and, particularly, “the requirement to handle its affairs autonomously and make sure that there isn’t a authorities interference within the governance, regulation and/or administration of cricket in Sri Lanka”.
The situations of the suspension can be determined by the ICC, with the board set to fulfill on November 21, after which the longer term plan of action is anticipated to turn out to be clearer.
Sri Lanka are resulting from host the Below-19 Cricket World Cup, beginning in January 2024.
Sri Lanka are additionally scheduled to tour England subsequent summer season for a three-Check sequence.
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Sri Lanka’s World Cup ends with a five-wicket defeat to New Zealand which all however assured the Black Caps of a semi-final spot
Sri Lanka’s World Cup ends with a whimper
Sri Lanka have been collaborating on the 2023 ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup in India, however they misplaced their last group sport to New Zealand by 5 wickets on Wednesday, putting them ninth within the desk after solely two wins in 9.
Barring heavy defeats for both England, towards Pakistan, or for Bangladesh towards Australia – each video games being performed on Saturday – Sri Lanka are more likely to keep within the backside two of the desk and out of doors of the top-eight qualification spots for the 2025 Champions Trophy, one other ICC occasion.
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Highlights as England undergo an eight-wicket hammering by the hands of Sri Lanka in Bangalore.
Sri Lanka’s two wins within the event got here towards the Netherlands and defending champions England, as Jos Buttler’s facet suffered a shock eight-wicket defeat in Bangalore after being bowled out for 156.
In a later defeat to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews suffered the doubtful honour of turning into the primary participant to be timed out in worldwide cricket when Shakib-Al-Hasan appealed that he was not able to face his first supply inside the required two minutes after popping out to bat.
Mathews, who put the delay right down to a strap on his helmet being damaged, branded Shakib’s actions as “disgraceful” and accused the Bangladesh captain and his workforce of bringing the sport into disrepute.