Contract dispute in Sri Lanka Cricket settled

COLOMBO: Ending a week of uncertainty, Sri Lanka Cricket said that 17 players have agreed to sign the national contracts. The players were unhappy with the new performance based contracts which they claimed were to reduce their renumeration. Senior players, including captain Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal and Rangana Herath had intense talks with the SLC boss Thilanga Sumathipala over the dispute.