Sri Lanka’s cricket board Tuesday named a 24-member squad led by Kusal Perera for the six-match restricted overs collection in England at the same time as a pay dispute remained unresolved.
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The Sri Lankan squad will go away early Wednesday to play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches.
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Official sources mentioned the gamers have refused a performance-based pay scheme which is able to see a few of them lose up to 40 % of their salaries, however agreed to proceed negotiations after the England tour.
Sri Lanka cricketers had been complaining that the strategy used for calculating contracts was not clear. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has mentioned it’ll reveal the detailed calculations stressing there’s transparency.
“This is the transparency the players had been requesting from the outset. They will play this tour without signing any contract. They have signed a voluntary declaration, but there is nothing there about player remuneration. They have always been committed to playing for Sri Lanka,” Nishan Premathiratne, gamers’ lawyer, was quoted as saying by espncricinfo.com.
As many as 38 Sri Lankan cricketers had refused to signal contracts final week, citing lack of transparency.
However, with the difficulty sorted now, the group will depart for England on June 9 as per schedule. Sri Lanka are scheduled to play the primary of the three T20Is towards England June 23. The three-match ODI collection will start on June 29. Besides, they’re to play two tour matches, towards Kent and Sussex.
However, Aravinda De Silva, a former Sri Lanka captain, had earlier mentioned the main points of the brand new contracts had been mentioned totally earlier than being offered to the gamers and it rewards performances.
“We discussed this matter in depth before we presented it to the players. Unlike in the past, we have increased the benefits three-fold than what it was but purely on the team’s performance. If they win a Test series, we pay them USD 150,000 which was earlier limited to USD 50,000. It has to be a collective effort by the whole team,” de Silva instructed Daily News.
He suggested gamers to give attention to profitable matches as a substitute of complaining concerning the contracts.
“We also introduced a slab for the T20 format, which also runs up to a maximum of USD 50,000, which earlier didn’t have any rewards at all. The most important fact is that they should get into the middle and play positive cricket and start winning games for the country rather than complaining. This positive approach will encourage us to consider offering them more benefits, like some of the other countries in our region. If the team creates value, their incentives will also go up,” he mentioned.
The squad: Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Danushka (*24*), Avishka Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Oshada Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Isuru Udana, Asitha Fernando, Nuwan Pradeep, Binura Fernando, Shiran Fernando, Lakshan Sandakan, Akila Dananjaya and Praveen Jayawickrama.
(With AFP inputs)
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