Players of the Sri Lanka cricket team have declined to sign contracts for the upcoming year which lapsed yesterday, the SLC said.
The cricketers did not agree with several conditions included in the contract and therefore have refused to sign it despite discussions held until last night, President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Upali Dharmadasa said.
Player contracts expired on February 28, and all 60 players who were offered new contracts have reportedly refused to sign them before the March 2 deadline prescribed by the board.
The major point of dispute in the new contracts is SLC’s refusal to pay the players 25% of the board’s earnings from ICC events, as well as the move to freeze payment to cricketers taking part in the IPL for as long as he is with his IPL team, and the scrapping of a convention that allowed players’ wives to travel on one tour a year on SLC’s money.
The deadline for signing had been extended until 9am today.
