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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.

Source: ICC
 
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‘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.’Let’s sincerely hope, Pakistan isn’t next? We need to get PCB systems in place, to have a BOG & the Chairman PCB elections. It has to be about a product, a game that binds us as a nation.
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Well I hope they do the same with PCB. We have become a clown cricket team!
 
pakistani pride said:
Well I hope they do the same with PCB. We have become a clown cricket team!
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You have no idea why Sri Lanka got suspended.

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.
 
Rana said:
Where was the ICC when Babar Azam was appointed by the then PM of Pakistan Imran Khan?

Where was ICC when the PM of Pakistan changed the entire domestic structure?
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He only advised
It was done by the PCB
 
What happens to the WTC now?

in the next cycle, do India and Pakistan play?

What happens to the teans scheduled to play Sri Lanka in this cycle?

They get free points? Isn't this a clear disadvantage to teams that don't play them?
 
Rana said:
Where was the ICC when Babar Azam was appointed by the then PM of Pakistan Imran Khan?

Where was ICC when the PM of Pakistan changed the entire domestic structure?
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Imran Khan as the greatest Cricketer of Pakistan advised the then best batter of Pakistan to be chosen as a captain.

I just realized this topic has no relevance to this thread
 
BCCI cannot travel or play with Pakistan because of government issues

PCB continuously chopping and changing administration because of political climate in country


But SLB is the one that is suspended because they are weak and powerless. Sheer hypocrisy
 
Rana said:
Where was the ICC when Babar Azam was appointed by the then PM of Pakistan Imran Khan?

Where was ICC when the PM of Pakistan changed the entire domestic structure?
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Pakistan is indispensable to the ICC. They derive most of their money from Pak-Ind matches.

I bet you if Pakistan failed to qualify for a World Cup, ICC will change the rules and ensure Pakistan is in the World Cup.

SL on the other hand is a minnow country in the eyes of ICC. Them being there or not doesn't really matter so ICC can take these suspension decisions.

Because no self-respecting organization can ban SL on govt interference but not ban Pakistan.
 
They were so poor that it almost makes sense to give them time to focus on school cricket and build again.
 
Rana said:
Where was the ICC when Babar Azam was appointed by the then PM of Pakistan Imran Khan?

Where was ICC when the PM of Pakistan changed the entire domestic structure?
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Appointing a cricket official based on government recommendation is different from controlling and dictating all cricket matters in the country.
 
So when Prime Minister of Pakistan appoints one their croonie as the PCB Chariman, that is not government interferance?

When Indian government tells BCCI to not play against Pakistan outside ICC tournements, that is not government interferance?
 
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So when Prime Minister of Pakistan appoints one their croonie as the PCB Chariman, that is not government interferance?

When Indian government tells BCCI to not play against Pakistan outside ICC tournements, that is not government interferance?
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They suspended the entire board …it was extremely radical.
 
An overreaction by the ICC, an entity devoid of logic and common sense.

Suspending a major board like Sri Lanka is highly serious escalation. Unfortunately, Sri Lanka, unlike some boards isn’t powerful not a major revenue generator for the ICC, and hence these sorts of high handed stunts.

The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
 
Rana said:
BCCI cannot travel or play with Pakistan because of government issues

PCB continuously chopping and changing administration because of political climate in country


But SLB is the one that is suspended because they are weak and powerless. Sheer hypocrisy
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Whoever has the gold makes the rules.

Despite this there's an upcoming ICC tournament hosted by Pakistan. ICC couldn't interfere in ACC's decisions. Lets see how they set precedence now.
 
Why icc should feel threatened if a legitimate government elected by people have its say on how to run their cricket team ?? ICC should not poke it's nose where it's foolish to do so..
 
Cover Drive Six said:
You have no idea why Sri Lanka got suspended.

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.
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Pakistan cricket (board) is a joke, if nothing happens they will destroy cricket.
 
RehanG said:
Same with India? India has much more political influence than Pak overall. What about Bangladesh..
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The worst of the worst - every one in that board including the coaching staffs, selectors …. are politically hand picked, in fact players as well. But, they do it within a legal wrap - manipulative elections, or by scaring anyone coming into the path …. Last CEO appointment, they decided to appoint a local one, which is fine, but then ….. only one guy applied for the job!!!

SRL Govt. Did it for the betterment of their cricket, but they were too raw. Now, Govt. will be forced to reinstate the crooked board again.
 
Before criticising ICC’s decision I want to understand the nuance.

The entire SL parliament has passed a resolution sacking the SL cricket board. That’s as clear an indicator of government interference as it gets.

Imran verbally asking or putting pressure on PCB appointments - and PCB bowing to his wishes - is likely all hearsay. It doesn’t matter who says what, even PCB administrators. The ICC as governing body can only react to concrete evidence, not hearsay or claims. And it’s not as egregious as sacking an entire board by a parliament resolution!

SL examine falls squarely in this category. PCB doesn’t.
 
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All of the asian boards are controlled by their governments. You just got to have indirect control and not directly dissolving the entire board.
 
Major said:
Lol ICC is a joke..

Pakistan does the same thing but with legal loopholes
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There has been no elected chairman since 2014 consitution was abolished by IK goverment. Ramiz Raja was elected by a dummy BOG which had no elected representative then we had circus of Sethi and Zaka.

ICC does nothing at all.
 
This is what you get for betraying Asians. Never ever try to cross us because we may look decent but you don’t wanna face us Asians when we are angry.

Asianbloc has delivered the death blow to Sri Lankan cricket in what would go down as one of the saddest tales in world cricket ever.
 
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This should have happened to Pakistan first, but somehow we continue to get away with this. Unbelievable
 
mominsaigol said:
The thing is, Pakistan has found a loophole. Their can't be any government interference if PCB is the government 😂😂
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Lol

The people asking for Pakistan to be investigated now had their eyes closed in 2019 when Imran Khan was shaking up the entire cricket system as the PM

Apparently he was only ‘advising’ at the time.

Yeah, how do you advise to reduce teams/regions to 6 when there was 20? :ROFLMAO:
 
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W63L35 said:
So when Prime Minister of Pakistan appoints one their croonie as the PCB Chariman, that is not government interferance?

When Indian government tells BCCI to not play against Pakistan outside ICC tournements, that is not government interferance?
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Or when Taliban stops women playing.

Sheer hypocrisy from ICC.
 
So basically Babar fans were boasting winning over a team that isn’t a team anymore.
 
Before the moral outrage I suggest people read the story below:


And pay particular attention to these words

“The ICC's decision might appear to have come out of the blue, but SLC may not have been surprised. It is understood that SLC asked the ICC board to take this extreme step. “

Yes it’s politics - but the real politics is that ICC has an acted on a request by the SL cricket board, which is deep in a fight to the death with its own government.

It’s a domestic power play.

Everyone’s naked in this Turkish bath, or as they say in the lingo “Is hamam mein sab…”
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Pakistan Parliament didn't officially involve itself in cricket matters and didn't vote.
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We have a loop hole in our voting. Basically, Patron can have two members installed, and its always one of those two memebrs that patron install that becomes chairman.

Also, pakistan parliament does get involved. As PCB comes under Interprovince council, thus they revoke the last constitution of PCB like this and had the chairman changed.
 
Rana said:
Lol

The people asking for Pakistan to be investigated now had their eyes closed in 2019 when Imran Khan was shaking up the entire cricket system as the PM

Apparently he was only ‘advising’ at the time.

Yeah, how do you advise to reduce teams/regions to 6 when there was 20? :ROFLMAO:
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Pcb is the government bro, that's the loophole. The pm can do whatever he wants.
 
shah_1 said:
There has been no elected chairman since 2014 consitution was abolished by IK goverment. Ramiz Raja was elected by a dummy BOG which had no elected representative then we had circus of Sethi and Zaka.

ICC does nothing at all.
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Bro, even ehsan mani was elected like this. There has never been a proper election.
 
Then ENG has now qualified as long as their NRR doesn't fall below Netherlands. In that case ICC can also ask ENG to lose by 300 runs so that it can have an Indo-Pak SF and earn billions.
 
"ensure that there is no government interference in the governance"

Surely this must include PCB and BCCI too!
 
By same logic PCB & BCB should also be suspended. Pak premier chooses the chairman as well as the skipper by whim. As such the chairman always happens to be the most corrupt official & the skipper happens to be the most incompetent bloke.

BD PM appointed a stooge as chairman & an opportunist as skipper. Both are corrupt to the core. She regularly takes matters into her own hands on who will retire & who will not.

BCCI is the most "professional" board of subcontinent. But even there a fat nerd is running the show because his daddy happens to be the second most powerful man of the country. Not to forget the entire facade why Ganguly was not allowed to run a second term.

ICC as usual proved what a pathetic spineless organization it has become. Simply targeted the weakling.
 
Totally deserved. Not sure how many folks are aware the Sri Lankan Sports Minister has to approve any squads selected.

However if the ICC are serious about clamping down on governmental interference then PCB should've been suspended many times over.

The PCB Chairman is appointed by the Prime Minister.

Easy to hold account weak boards like SL and Zimbabwe.
 
Markhor said:
Totally deserved. Not sure how many folks are aware the Sri Lankan Sports Minister has to approve any squads selected.

However if the ICC are serious about clamping down on governmental interference then PCB should've been suspended many times over.

The PCB Chairman is appointed by the Prime Minister.

Easy to hold account weak boards like SL and Zimbabwe.
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They’re scared of doing it to PCB because it’s not a weak board, but it’s in their AND our best interest that they hold PCB accountable.
 
Markhor said:
Totally deserved. Not sure how many folks are aware the Sri Lankan Sports Minister has to approve any squads selected.

However if the ICC are serious about clamping down on governmental interference then PCB should've been suspended many times over.

The PCB Chairman is appointed by the Prime Minister.

Easy to hold account weak boards like SL and Zimbabwe.
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PCB is as weak as SLCB or ZCA, if not more. Which demands PCB demands ICC has bowed to? Asia Cup is a very recent example...
 
Right decision. Sri Lankans deserved nothing less for their disgraceful display against New Zealand yesterday.
 
RidiculousMan said:
ICC will be stupid to do that. BCCI will just make a new International Cricket body if we take things to extreme. Not that there's any chance of this happening.
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Ditto. India will play IPL -T20 and come up with IPL -ODI's. About 75% ICC revenue will be gone and new body will start with that 75%. Without India, ICC organized events may not ""break-even"" financially, forget about profits. Many countries depend on ICC handout ( basically revenue generated by BCCI). Eventually ICC will cease to exist or plead BCCI to return.
Many cricket mercenaries will be born who would just play league cricket in India
 
No one mentioning Afghanistan👀 The ICC says that Afghanistan doesn’t require a women’s team whilst everyone else does.
 
W63L35 said:
PCB is as weak as SLCB or ZCA, if not more. Which demands PCB demands ICC has bowed to? Asia Cup is a very recent example...
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We are not as weak as Zimbabwe who are so broke they can't even afford to install floodlights at Harare Sports Club (their premier ground).
 
YousafTheBeast said:
No one mentioning Afghanistan👀 The ICC says that Afghanistan doesn’t require a women’s team whilst everyone else does.
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They have clarified position with respect to Afghanistan. A cricket board can operation within laws of their country, however can't have interference of government in governence of the board.
 
Rana said:
BCCI cannot travel or play with Pakistan because of government issues

PCB continuously chopping and changing administration because of political climate in country


But SLB is the one that is suspended because they are weak and powerless. Sheer hypocrisy
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Agree. SLC should not be banned especially when the likes of BCCI and others have also flouted these forever.

Every board has gotten away with it at some time so why shouldn't they get away with it ? Pathetic decision
 
sweep_shot said:
Very harsh.

There is political interference in BCB, PCB, and BCCI also. It is silly to ban a board over this.
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Yes but as already said immense stupidity from SL they made made the entire thing public and went gungho to make a point.
 
Rana said:
BCCI cannot travel or play with Pakistan because of government issues

PCB continuously chopping and changing administration because of political climate in country


But SLB is the one that is suspended because they are weak and powerless. Sheer hypocrisy
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Government is not running the BCCI. But the government has the power to decide where the country's teams or citizens are going.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Agree. SLC should not be banned especially when the likes of BCCI and others have also flouted these forever.

Every board has gotten away with it at some time so why shouldn't they get away with it ? Pathetic decision
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What rules have BCCI flouted?
 
BCCI is not a part of Indian government. It is a private society registered in Chennai. It is run according to its own rules and regulations and it is not answerable to Government for its day to day working. Of course, any organisation, whether government or private, need to follow the laws of the land.

Cricket boards of India, England, Australia, New Zealand are private organisations. So they are truly independent from Government interference. On the other hand, cricket boards of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka are under the respective governments. For example PCB head is appointed by PM of Pakistan. Likewise cricket board heads of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are appointed by their PM. So the board of these countries are actually susceptible to government interference as they report to their governments.
 
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