Lasith Malinga suspended for one year

Lasith Malinga was suspended for one year after the fast bowler pleaded guilty to a breach of contract by speaking to the media without permission. 

Sri Lankan Cricket, SLC, board in Colombo yesterday said that Malinga will also be fined 50 percent of the match fee of his next one-day international.Malinga appeared before SLC's special inquiry panel, where he accepted the charges against him and tendered a formal



apology. 

The inquiry was initiated by Malinga's response to sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekara, who had alleged that Sri Lanka's poor fielding standards were due to players' inadequate fitness, in particular their big bellies.

Malinga had publicly ridiculed the minister's knowledge of cricket and gave statements to the media without the prior approval of the SLC's Chief Executive Officer.