Contracts row takes new flip as Angelo Mathews considers retirement

The longstanding row between Sri Lanka Cricket and its cricketers over nationwide contracts took a brand new activate Wednesday with senior participant Angelo Mathews hinting at retirement after not being supplied a contract.
The growth comes forward of the restricted overs dwelling collection in opposition to India starting on July 13.
Mathews, the seniormost among the many present crop of gamers, and Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne discovered themselves excluded from the contracts that have been supplied on Wednesday morning.
An sad Mathews has reportedly written to the SLC administration stating that he’s contemplating retirement. He is predicted to make a proper announcement of his intentions in just a few days.
What the SLC did on Wednesday was to supply contracts on the premise of every tour, a SLC supply stated. There shall be no annual contracts because the rapid want was to signal gamers for the collection in opposition to India, he stated.
The supply stated that every one gamers who had beforehand refused to signal contracts did signal them on Wednesday after they got a July 8 deadline.

Under the SLC’s efficiency based mostly pay plan, 24 of the main gamers had been supplied contracts below 4 classes.
In the classes launched, solely six gamers have been within the class A and their annual pay ranged between USD 70,000 to 100,000.
Players felt the plan lacked transparency and the proposed pay can be a lot decrease than the accepted pay scales of the Federation of International Cricket Association (FICA).
The gamers had flown to England for the limited-overs tour with out signing nationwide contracts.