SportUpon the maiden three-nil series victory over the Australians, the Lankan cricketers will sign their contracts before the end of this month. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ashley de Silva said; “We have handed over the drafts to the cricketers and in all probabilities we should be able to finish signing the contracts before the end of the month. The SLC CEO also said they were hoping to sign in around 35-36 players in two segments -- National Contracts and ‘A’ team contracts. Generally the contracts come in three segments – A, B and C.The normal practice is that the contracts are yearly contracts and they run from March to April the following year. The decision to shift the signing of contracts to September was taken based on a recommendation of SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala.

Source: Sunday Times September 19, 2016 05:37 UTC