04/02/26Cricket News ICC likely to examine SL
captaincy switch (bdnews25.wapamp.com/Dhaka)
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The International Cricket Council
(ICC) is likely to look into
Sri Lanka's captaincy switch in
Monday's World Twenty20
Super Eight match against England. Regular captain Mahela
Jayawardene handed over to
former skipper Kumar
Sangakkara to avoid the threat
of a ban because of slow
over rates. The hosts were fined for a
slow over rate during their
match against West Indies and
under ICC rules Jayawardene
will face a one-match
suspension if Sri Lanka infringe again in the next 12 months
under his captaincy. Jayawardene continued to take
the decisions on the field on
Monday, although Sangakkara
went in for the toss with
England captain Stuart Broad,
starting a debate whether or not the move was against the
spirit of the game. On Tuesday the ICC said all
playing conditions and conduct
would be reviewed after the
tournament. "As is always the case, the
ICC will be reviewing the
playing conditions and the code
of conduct at the conclusion of
the event," an ICC spokesman
said in an email to Reuters. Jayawardene, who top-scored
with 42 during the 19-run win
to knock out defending
champions England, said he
was sure the world governing
body would change the rules after the incident. "I'm sure they'll change the
rules after this, but hopefully
not in this tournament," he
told reporters after the match. Jayawardene said his intentions
were not wrong as he wanted
to ensure that he did not miss
the semi-final. "I had a warning for an over
rates issue, and if it happens
again I miss the match so
what we did was have Kumar
as the official captain," the
stylish right-handed batsman said. "I don't think that the
intentions were wrong. It's a
tough system and it's tough to
bowl 20 overs in one hour
and 20 minutes in a
tournament like this. "We try our best, but the
penalties are harsh. We don't
want to miss the big games,
so we did it with the right
intentions." Jayawardene added that regular
vice-captain Angelo Mathews
was also under a warning for
the same offence in a match
against Pakistan, so they had
to revert to Sangakkara who 'fitted the bill'.
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