Sri Lanka Cricket suspended by ICC Board

The International Cricket Council Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership of the ICC with immediate effect.

The ICC announced this in a statement released on Friday night.

According to the statement, “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”, it said.