Sri Lanka refused to take to the field on Saturday at the scheduled time after umpires demanded a change of ball before start of Day Three of the second Test against the West Indies in St Lucia .
Umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould wanted the ball to be changed, which implies they were not happy with the state of the ball. The Sri Lankan team did not take the umpires’ decision too kindly and refused to come out of the dressing room.
Discussions went on between match referee Javagal Srinath and Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal without much success.
West Indies were batting on 118-2 in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 253 in the second Test.
In 2006, Pakistan forfeited the Oval Test against England after umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove demanded a ball change, which implies some level of ball-tampering. Pakistan players refused to take the field after the tea break and forfeited the Test.
