Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has been reinstated as a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after a two-month suspension.
The sport’s governing body suspended the SLC on November 10 for government interference after Sri Lanka’s ministry of sport dismissed the SLC board and replaced it with an interim committee following the country’s poor performance at last year’s 50-over World Cup.
“The (ICC) board have been monitoring the situation since the suspension and are now satisfied that SLC are no longer in breach of membership obligations,” the ICC said in a statement on Sunday.
The SLC had filed an appeal against their suspension with the ICC on November 21. On the same day, the ICC announced Sri Lanka were free to participate in international cricket but moved the 2024 Under-19 World Cup out of the country.
In late November, Sri Lanka’s sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe was sacked from his position by the country’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Ranasinghe’s successor Harin Fernando overturned the interim committee and restored the SLC board.
Earlier this month, a sub-committee was appointed by Wickremesinghe to look into recommended structural reforms in the country’s cricket board in line with other Test-playing nations.