SportSri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will felicitate 49 past cricketers, who represented Sri Lanka, prior to obtaining full membership of the ICC, as a move to honor them for the services rendered to the sport. Accordingly, SLC will offer grant ex-gratia payments for 12 cricketers, who are above 65 years of age and currently living in Sri Lanka. Each of the selected past cricketers will be given an ex-gratia payment of Rs. Past Cricketers residing overseas will not be entitled to the above payment and also this payment will not be made posthumously. Sri Lanka Cricket will be handing over these payments to the selected cricketers starting this week.

Source: Sunday Times September 04, 2018 12:00 UTC