Sri Lanka backed the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) stance in the Mike Denness controversy on Friday, but say that they still want to hear India's viewpoint on the stand-off that threatens the authority of cricket's ruling body.
"We certainly see the ICC's point," Vijaya Malalasekara, chairman of the interim committee, which runs the Sri Lanka cricket board, told Reuters.
"You don't agree to independent judges and suddenly sack them because you don't like how they rule," he said.
Malalasekara confirmed that he had been in touch with ICC president Malcolm Gray but has not yet spoken to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
"I would like to know India's position before we make a final call and we hope it can be solved amicably," he said.
Facing an Indian boycott and potentially huge financial losses, following the penalties handed out to six Indian players in the second Test, South Africa's United Cricket Board barred ICC-appointed match referee Denness from standing in the final Test in Centurion.
The ICC responded by stripping the Centurion game of official Test status.
© Cricinfo
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