The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership of the ICC with immediate effect.
The 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 and/or administration of cricket in Sri Lanka.
The conditions of the suspension will be decided by the ICC Board in due course.
The Sri Lankan cricket board was restored by a court this Tuesday just a day after it was sacked by the sports minister following a humiliating run in the ICC World Cup 2023.
The country’s Court of Appeal quashed the minister’s decision and restored the expelled officials pending a full hearing.
The court accepted a petition by board president Shammi Silva challenging minister Roshan Ranasinghe’s move on Monday to dismiss the Sri Lanka Cricket board and appoint an interim committee.
“The restoring of the board is for two weeks, when the court will hear the case again,” a court official said.
Board officials said Silva was due to return to work after securing an order that prevented the interim committee — headed by former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga — from continuing in office.
The government has also appointed a cabinet committee to address “outstanding issues” of the board.
