COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cricketers should start winning matches for the country and stop complaining about central contracts, Aravinda de Silva, former Sri Lanka captain and a key member of the committee that drafted the 'controversial' new payment scheme for players, has said.
"The most important fact is that they should get into the middle and play positive cricket and start winning games for the country rather than complaining," de Silva told Daily News newspaper.
"This positive approach will encourage us to consider offering them more benefits, like some of the other countries in our region. If the team creates value, their incentives will also go up. We discussed this matter in depth before we presented it to the players."
de Silva, who has played 93 Tests and 308 ODIs, said that the players' fee has been hiked.
"Unlike in the past, we have increased the benefits three-fold than what it was but purely on the team's performance…If they win a Test series, we pay them USD 150,000 which was earlier limited to USD 50,000. It has to be a collective effort by the whole team," he said. IANS
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