Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal will miss the third and final Test against the West Indies which starts on Saturday after his appeal against a one-match ball tampering suspension was rejected.
Chandimal received the ban for his actions in the second Test in St. Lucia. He was also punished with two suspension points and fined 100 per cent of his match fee.
Sri Lanka did not play on the third morning of the game, in protest the ball-tampering charge by the umpires.
The delay lasted two hours and the Test eventually ended in a draw.
Michael Beloff, the chairman of the ICC's code of conduct commission, turned down Chandimal's appeal after a four-hour hearing on Friday.
"The original decision of the ICC match referee Javagal Srinath, handing Chandimal the maximum punishment available under the code, i.e. two suspension points and a fine of 100 per cent of his match fee, will stand," cricket's governing body said in a statement.
"Chandimal will therefore miss the day/night Barbados test. Furthermore, and because two suspension points correspond to four demerit points, these will remain on Chandimal's disciplinary record."
The ICC said it would provide Beloff's "written reasoned decision" on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusinghe, manager Asanka Gurusinha and Chandimal had previously admitted breaching the "spirit of cricket" by refusing to play for two hours.
Chandimal was found guilty by Srinath of changing the condition of the ball. Video appeared to show he put saliva on the ball after the ICC suggested he put a lolly in his mouth.
The Sri Lankan, who denied wrongdoing, admitted putting something in his mouth, but didn't remember what it was.
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