(Cricket News) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was placed on temporary suspension on November 10 for a “serious breach of its obligations as an ICC Member,” specifically for “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 ICC Board said it had been monitoring the situation since the suspension and “are now satisfied that SLC is no longer in breach of membership obligations,” according to a statement released by the body on Sunday evening.

The men’s Under-19 World Cup, which is currently underway, was moved from Sri Lanka to South Africa as soon as the suspension was announced. Other than that, there was no immediate impact on the day-to-day operations of cricket in Sri Lanka, and the ICC Board had agreed that cricket at all levels, including any bilateral and domestic series and tournaments, would not be disrupted by the suspension.

It was also understood that the suspension was a warning to Sri Lanka, and sources have stated that the SLC itself had requested the suspension in order to show its government that the ICC would not tolerate further meddling on its part. Finally, the ICC annual funding would be controlled until the suspension is lifted.

Since then, in early 2024, Sri Lanka has hosted a white-ball series against Zimbabwe. In November, the country’s sports minister, Roshan Ranasinghe, dismissed the SLC board and replaced it with an interim committee led by Arjuna Ranatunga.

However, a day later, the courts in Sri Lanka restored the board by granting a 14-day stay order on the gazette that had dissolved the board. This meant that when the ICC suspended the country, the elected SLC Board was in charge of overseeing cricket there.

SLC was the second Full Member to be suspended by the ICC in recent memory, after Zimbabwe Cricket was suspended in 2019 for similar reasons.

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