Players of the Sri Lanka nationwide workforce have refused to signal annual central contracts, alleging an absence of transparency on the a part of the cricket board.
The resolution was not stunning as virtually all senior gamers made it clear directly that the contracts awarded by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had been to not their liking and a few deserving performers had been additionally excluded.
The gamers mentioned in a collective assertion that they’ve “decided not to sign a tour contract for the upcoming tour of England, nor will they enter into any future contracts for the Tour”.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had introduced that 24 of the important thing gamers had been provided contracts beneath the 4 classes and got a deadline of three June to signal on the dotted strains.
The annual retainership ranged from USD 70,000 to 100,000. Star batsman, Dhananjay de Silva was earmarked as the best paid USD 100,000.
At the height of controversy and negotiations final month, gamers mentioned the remuneration provided to gamers was 3 occasions lower than what was paid to gamers from different counties in response to data from the Federation of International Cricket Association (FICA).
Sri Lanka is anticipated to tour England from June 18 to July 4, the place they are going to play three ODIs and as many T20Is.
However, the gamers have additionally made it clear that they won’t refuse to play for the nation at any time, even when they haven’t signed the contract and the SLC refuses to pay them their salaries.
The senior gamers had been additionally not completely satisfied because the SLC’s public disclosure of the quantity of their central contract had develop into a “serious security concern for every player”.
The gamers claimed that the SLC’s resolution had affected their confidence and peace of thoughts.
Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) chairman Arvind de Silva defended the brand new performance-linked pay system.
He added that the SLC was “forced to take a tough decision based on the past performances of the players as Sri Lanka’s international rankings in all 3 formats were nose-dives.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
