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Sri Lanka hopes to convince the ICC to allow the three men accused of having violated the spirit of cricket to play a role in the next round of tests against South Africa. This hearing is scheduled to take place on July 10 – two days before the first test
On the surface, it seems that Captain Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha and manager Asanka Gurusinha will be suspended for both tries against the # South Africa July; they pleaded guilty to a level 3 offense, the minimum sentence for which four points of suspension, which corresponds to two tests. But although the team management agreed that the refusal to take the field on the third morning was a disciplinary offense, they will argue that the mitigating factors are such that even four points of suspension are a too serious penalty.
that we can convince the ICC to reduce punishment, "said director Gurusinha." But that boils down to what we can present to the ICC in support of this argument.We hope we will have a good deal.We have accepted the charge too.This is not as if we are calling everything.We hope that especially these two types – Chandimal and Hathurusingha – will be there [for the South Africa Tests].
Among the points that the Sri Lankan camp is likely to make is that the two-hour delay was not exclusively due to their reluctance to play. The Sri Lankan team management estimates that about an hour from the scheduled morning session, they felt that they had reached an agreement with match officials, according to which the officials s & # 39; 39 would refrain from imposing the penalty of five points and would change the ball. In fact, the Sri Lanka side took the field at 10:50 am, one hour and 20 minutes after the scheduled start, supposedly on the basis that there would be no more penalties. However, to Sri Lanka's surprise, the referees changed the ball at this point. It was at that time that the Sri Lankan team regained consciousness. They left the field, further delaying the start
It should be noted, however, that there is strong disagreement on this sequence of events. There is another suggestion that no agreement has actually been reached; Such an agreement, it is thought, would effectively mean that there is no charge to be laid and that the referees do not follow the conditions of play. In this version of events, the false start is attributed to a misunderstanding between the match officials and the Sri Lankan team.
The Sri Lankan camp also feels that its protest was motivated by the moment of the indictment – Sri Lanka was only told that Chandimal would be charged about 10 minutes before the scheduled start of the day's game three. Sri Lankan Sports Minister Faiszer Mustapha has already called the "emotional" decision a refusal to play as bad but understandable given the team's camaraderie.
The planning of the South African series in Sri Lanka becomes difficult. It is likely that they will plan for the worst. If other suspensions are granted, Chandimal is allowed to be in the locker room but can not enter the field of play at any time. Hathurusingha and Gurusinha, meanwhile, may not be in the locker room on match days – although they may still be on the site. They are not prevented from performing their duties as usual in the approach of games, and between match days, however.
The level 3 charge has a maximum penalty of eight suspension points. If the ICC chooses to come down as severely as possible, the three men also risk being suspended from the first four ODIs of South Africa.
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