Overview
- Government appointees on a nine-member Cricket Transformation Committee are running Sri Lanka Cricket with a mandate to rewrite the constitution and hold fresh elections.
- Committee members said talks in Colombo with ICC deputy chair Imran Khwaja were constructive, yet they have not accepted the ICC’s proposed timetable for changes.
- The ICC circulated a draft governance blueprint that must clear the Attorney General and the Legal Draftsman before a parliamentary vote, which officials say will take time.
- In a public statement, SLC called reports of financial strain false and said the gazetted committee continues to handle operations and make payments on schedule.
- The stakes are high because the ICC has punished Sri Lanka for government interference before, including a 2023 suspension and a 2015 funding freeze.