The ICC Board Sunday lifted the suspension of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) with immediate effect. (More Cricket News)
SLC was suspended in November for being in serious breach of its obligations as an ICC 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 Board have been monitoring the sit🍌uation since the suspension and are now satisfied that SLC are no longer in breach of membership obligations.
Sports Minister Harin Fernando tweeted about the lifting of suspen𝓰sion.
He said an official statement would follow soon.
The ICC suspended Sri Lanka in November last year citing ꦯpolitical interference when Fernando's predecessor Roshan Ranasinghe sacked the incumbent Shammi Silva administration and appointed an interim committee headed by the former captain Arjuna Ranatunga.
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The court later reinstated Silva and Ranasinghe himself was fired by President Ranil Wickrem🔯esinghe.
The suspension meant Sri Lanka losing the right to host the ongoing U-19 World Cup.
ICC CEO Geoff Allard♒ice visited Colombo early this month and met both Wickremesinghe and Fernando.
The government said it was working on a new sports act which would not allow political interferen𝔍ce in sports administration.
