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The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday lifted the suspension imposed on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) with instant impact. ICC launched a press release to announce the uplifting of SLC’s ban which learn, “The Worldwide Cricket Council lifted the ban on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) right now with instant impact. The ICC Board has been monitoring the state of affairs because the suspension and are actually happy that SLC are not in breach of membership obligations.”
In November 2023, SLC was suspended by ICC following a political slugfest in SL after the introduction of an interim committee led by Arjun Ranatunga by the Sri Lanka Sports activities Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, who additionally suspended the whole SLC board following a heavy loss to India within the Cricket World Cup and a disappointing event total, which noticed them win solely two matches out of 9 and in addition miss out on ICC Champions Trophy 2025 slot.
The ICC Board met on November 21 and determined that Sri Lanka might proceed to compete internationally each in bilateral cricket and ICC occasions. However, the continuing U19 males’s Cricket World Cup was moved to South Africa, which was initially set to be performed in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka have been allowed to play in worldwide cricket following a “fervent enchantment” from President Shammi Silva to the members of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) board members to “carve out an exception” that allowed the nation to play worldwide cricket regardless of getting suspended.
“Nonetheless, pursuant to SLC President Shammi Silvas’s fervent appen to the Members, the ICC Board has carved out an exception allowing Sri Lankans to compete internationally in bilateral and ICC occasions, regardless of the suspension,” SLC launch said.
Because the suspension, Sri Lanka have hosted Zimbabwe for a white-ball collection, earlier this 12 months.
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