Sri Lanka Cricket Board membership got cancelled by the ICC
The International Cricket Council has announced that they have suspended the membership of Sri Lanka Cricket on the board with immediate effect.
The ICC stated that “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.”
Meanwhile, the conditions of the suspension will be decided by the ICC Board in due course.
Earlier, the sports minister of Sri Lanka, Roshan Ranasinghe, accused the board of widespread corruption. He sacked the elected members on Monday and replaced them with an interim committee headed by former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga. He has mandated the new board to clean up the system and bring in accountability.