London: The ICC is likely to impose sanction on Sri Lanka for not fulfilling their media duties after suffering a humiliating 87-run defeat to Australia here.
Disheartened by their loss to the defending champions here on Saturday, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and other Sri Lankan players decided to skip the mandatory media conference and the ‘mixed zone’. As a result, Sri Lanka, in all probability would face action from the International Cricket Council. “Yes. Sri Lanka have told us they don’t want to do it. The ICC will be speaking to them,” an ICC spokesman told reporters when asked if Sri Lanka would face any sanction for skipping the press briefing. Before the match against Australia, Sri Lanka team manager Ashantha de Mel had slammed the ICC for “step-motherly” treatm
