SL dispute resolved
Sri Lanka on Thursday resolved a pay crisis that had threatened to scuttle the team's participation in next month's World Cup, cricket board officials said.
The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) and skipper Sanath Jayasuriya held lengthy talks here Thursday to end the deadlock over the pay demand of players, a spokesman for the board said.
"The matter has been resolved and Sri Lanka will field a full-strength team," the spokesman said without giving details of the settlement.
The two sides were due to announce the terms of the settlement at a joint press conference later Thursday.
The BCCSL had threatened to field a second string team or completely pull out of the tournament if the players stuck to their guns.
The players were insisting on a 20 per cent share of the BCCSL's guaranteed fee of 6.4 million dollars from the World Cup, but the authorities were only willing to offer 10 per cent plus an incentive payment.
The incentive was a 100,000 dollar-bonus to the entire team if they won the World Cup and the doubling of match fees from 700 dollars to 1,400 dollars.
An additional 20,000 dollars was also being offered if the team entered the final.
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