Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will offer annual contracts to approximately 70 cricketers in the category of youth, emerging and senior according to reliable information.
This, the SLC states, is in a bid to encourage the cricketers to push their way to the national team and challenge the players who are in the present national squad.
SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala has stated that his committee wishes to see the players who have not played for the country come out of the club level and start challenging those in the national players.
The SLC will sign contracts with players on October 30 and will come to affect from November 1 until April 30.
According to the category of the player, each will receive a contract fee of Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 100,000 monthly.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
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