Jay Shah’s demands on fair play in cricket governance in Sri Lanka contradicts his own cover up of a massive fraud by ICC’s legal team that overlooked the 1997 ‘Player – Referral’ blueprint to avoid paying royalties to Sri Lanka
Posted on July 7th, 2026
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Jay Shah wants Sri Lanka to clean the house and hold SLC elections while ICC engages in a massive cover up of the fraud of its legal team depriving Sri Lanka of due credit for authorship of Player – Referral and concomitant royalties that can heavily fund Sri Lanka’s Cricket development
The Player-Referral (DRS) Authorship Dispute
Parallel to governance talks, an intense intellectual property dispute continues to gain traction within South Asian legal circles regarding the true authorship of the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS).
- The Core Claim: Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna widely publicized the original “Player-Referral” blueprint in global media starting in 1997—predating the ICC’s eventual rollout of the system.
- The Alleged Malpractice: Critics accuse former and current ICC legal advisors, including David Becker, Jonathan Hall, and David Richardson, of overlooking the Doctrine of Constructive Notice and suppressing evidence to block Sri Lanka from receiving authorship credit. [1, 2]
- Institutional Silence: Legal advocates argue that the ICC is engaged in a defensive cover-up to avoid massive civil liability, punitive damages, and retroactive royalty payouts that could otherwise fund local cricket infrastructure.
- Call for Action: Advocates are continually lobbying the Sri Lankan Government and SLC to officially honor Weeraratna at a national level to formally force the ICC’s hand into a diplomatic or legal resolution.
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