The inaugural Girls’s Champions Trophy, which was set to be held in Sri Lanka in February 2027, has been moved overseas on account of authorities interference, Cricbuzz understands.
Sri Lanka Cricket is presently being run by a government-appointed Transformation Committee, which was introduced in to supervise reforms to the affairs of the board, together with adjustments 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 adjustments had been awaited to endure authorized course of earlier than being offered to Parliament.
Nonetheless, 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 potential and agreed that Sri Lanka Cricket would proceed to be unable to be represented at ICC Board conferences in the intervening time,” ICC had said in a launch in July.
Past the monetary implications of the event getting withdrawn, there are prone to be cricketing ramifications as nicely. With the event scheduled to play between the highest six groups, Sri Lanka had certified by advantage of being the event hosts.
Beforehand, Sri Lanka had misplaced the internet hosting rights of the 2024 Below-19 World Cup, which was ultimately moved to South Africa after Sri Lanka’s Sports activities Ministry had dissolved the elected SLC board.
