Sri Lanka Cricket raises salaries of national players

Sri Lanka’s Cricket Board yesterday announced that it had raised the wages of national players by 34% for the 2018/19 period, following strong results achieved during the concluded financial year.

Apart from the pay raise, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will give the 33 contracted players a raise in match fees covering all match formats.

“Since Sri Lanka Cricket has made good financial gains during the concluded financial year, we thought it was appropriate to give a pay raise for the players, as they are making a major contribution towards the growth of Sri Lanka Cricket,” said SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala.

The contracts were offered under the categories of A, B, C, D and Premier.

Accordingly, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal and Dimuth Karunaratne were offered contracts under category ‘A,’ whilst Upul Tharanga and Dilruwan Perera were given contracts under category ‘B’.

Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella, Dananjaya De Silva, Kusal Janith and Thisara Perera were contracted under Category ‘C’.

Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Asela Gunaratne, Danushka Gunatilleka and Nuwan Pradeep were given contracts under category ‘D’.

Players who were contracted under the Premier category were Sadeera Samarawickrema, Roshen Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lahiru Gamage, Vishwa Fernando, Lakshan Sandakan, Jeffery Vandersay, Dasun Shanaka, Kaushal Silva, Shehan Madushanka, Lahiru Kumara, Malintha Pushpakumara, Amila Aponso, Wanidu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana and Dilshan Munaweera.