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Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe on Sunday slammed Sri Lanka Cricket for bidding for a ban from the ICC, calling it a "big betrayal of the country"..
Ranasinghe had appointed an interim committee after sacking the governing body headed by Shammi Silva following the national team's disastrous World Cup campaign...
"This is big betrayal of the country," said Ranasinghe after reading out correspondence with the ICC by Silva administration...
But the ICC then suspended SLC with immediate effect for government interference and Silva also managed to obtain a court order suspending the interim committee...
In response to a parliamentary speech by the main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa accusing SLC of promoting the ICC for a ban, SLC said Ranasinghe was politically interfering in its work and as a full member they were duty bound to adhere to the articles of association of the ICC...
