20 Apr 2015

Sri Lanka hit out at ICC

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Colombo - Sri Lanka's cricket board Monday accused the world governing body of "gravely" disrupting the sport in the island by withholding its share of proceeds from World Cup tournaments.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said last week it was withholding Sri Lanka's share from the 2014 T20 World Cup and 2015 World Cup after the Colombo government dispensed with elections and appointed a local governing body.

Sports minister Navin Dissanayake had sacked the previous board and appointed a nine-member panel headed by respected Test player Sidath Wettimuny to "clean up" corruption at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

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