The inaugural Girls’s Champions Trophy, which was set to be held in Sri Lanka in February 2027, has been moved overseas resulting from authorities interference, Cricbuzz understands.
Sri Lanka Cricket is at the moment being run by a government-appointed Transformation Committee, which was introduced in to supervise reforms to the affairs of the board, together with modifications to its structure and governance construction. The Transformation Committee had accomplished a draft structure of the board and despatched it to the Sports activities Minister. The proposed modifications have been awaited to bear authorized course of earlier than being offered to Parliament.
Nevertheless, as per ICC’s coverage, politically appointed interim administration isn’t allowed. The ICC has additionally refused to permit SLC representatives to attend ICC Board conferences for the reason that Transformation Committee took over. “The ICC Board acquired an replace on Sri Lanka Cricket and famous progress in direction of a revised Structure. It reiterated the necessity for elections to be held as quickly as doable and agreed that Sri Lanka Cricket would proceed to be unable to be represented at ICC Board conferences in the interim,” ICC had acknowledged in a launch in July.
Past the monetary implications of the match getting withdrawn, there are more likely to be cricketing ramifications as effectively. With the match scheduled to play between the highest six groups, Sri Lanka had certified by advantage of being the match hosts.
Beforehand, Sri Lanka had misplaced the internet hosting rights of the 2024 Below-19 World Cup, which was finally moved to South Africa after Sri Lanka’s Sports activities Ministry had dissolved the elected SLC board.
