INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) states that it strongly refutes the recent allegations made by the leadership of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) in
governing body alleged it is evident that there is a misapprehension and misinterpretation of the contents of the letter under reference,
and that the SLC is compelled to clarify its position on the said matter.SLC, as a Full Member of the ICC, is duty-bound and obliged to
adhere to the member obligations envisaged in the articles of association of the ICC
In doing so SLC is further obliged to keep the ICC informed of any difficulty and/or difficulties of adhering to such obligations, the
interferences by the Minister did make it difficult for SLC to manage its day to-day affairs as envisaged in the said article, compelling
the SLC to bring such interferences to the attention of ICC as SLC could not honour its obligations to comply with the said requirements
action of the Minister the ICC had explicitly and categorically stated that it would not recognize any interim committees appointed by the
Minister and the ICC would only recognize the duly elected office bearers of SLC as their point of contact as far as Sri Lanka is
SLC not being able to adhere to article 2.4D in violation of said article and as stated it is quite evident that it was not a result of
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa revealed details of a letter said to have been sent by the Chairman of SLC, Shammi Silva to the ICC on
administration bodies of 12 countries including the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jay Shah, has pointed out
