Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Jayantha Dharmadasa has written a letter to the ICC questioning the legality of the changes proposed in the 'Position Paper' for cricket's global revenue sharing and governance model.
In a letter sent to ICC's head of legal affairs Iain Higgins yesterday, Dharmadasa said major transformation proposed by cricket boards from India, Australia and England in the world body's functioning are against the ICC laws.
"Sri Lanka Cricket has received legal advice from its Legal Advisory Committee to the effect that these purported 'Resolutions' are in fact not valid resolutions in law," Dharmadasa wrote in the letter, as quoted in ESPNcricinfo.
"Pursuant to your invitation for us to contact you in the event of us having issue with the same, we write to seek clarification from you, as Head of Legal of the ICC.
"In any event, as Head of Legal of the ICC, you are duty bound to ensure that any Purported Resolutions that are placed before the Members are done in accord with the constitutional documents of the ICC, and we would in that context request that you furnish us with the clarifications requested below as a matter of extreme urgency."
The letter was written after a special meeting of the SLC stakeholders voted unanimously against the revised proposals presented to the ICC directors.
Pakistan and South Africa, too, have each raised formal objections to the proposals.
The communication states that the revenue model based upon a "contribution" calculation defies the ICC constitution's expectation of equal sharing of revenue from ICC events.
ICC's Memorandum of Association features established provisions around the distribution of funds to members, it adds.
