Lasith Malinga faces a one-year ban for his media remarks

Lasith Malinga appeared before Sri Lanka Cricket's inquiry panel yesterday and accepted the charges against him, whilst pleading guilty with a formal apology. A specially convened executive committee then imposed a "one-year suspension, suspended by six months (whereby the punishment would be imposed in the event of a similar infraction within the stipulated six-month period) and a 50 percent fine of his next ODI match fee," SLC said in a release.

Malinga termed Jayasekara an "armchair critic" saying, "Even the best of fielders can drop catches. Those who are talking without any knowledge of the game can mutter that catches were dropped because players were not fit. But if you know the game, you see the best of fielders dropping catches. The armchair critics can say things, but when you are on the field, you have to take quick decisions and sometimes they go wrong. I don't have time to respond to people who are sitting on easy chairs and making allegations."