As a result, SLC has agreed to offer contracts to 21 players for five months from August on a tour-by-tour basis. Reassessment of players and new player categorisation will be made again in December before the two parties enter an agreement for contracts for the next year. “The undue intervention of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC, under Aravinda de Silva) by formulating a new player assessment scheme and payment structure created a messy situation. Both the President and the Vice President had to do a lot of talking with the senior players to sort out the issues amicably and come to this solution,” a senior SLC official told the Morning Sports on Monday. Avishka Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, and Asitha Fernando have allegedly been added to the new list owing to their improved performance in the recent series.

Source: The Nation August 18, 2021 19:41 UTC