Sri Lanka players in contract dispute with board - media

Colombo: Cricket in Sri Lanka plunged into a crisis after leading players refused to sign new contracts they find "unfair and non-transparent", media reported on Saturday.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) handed contracts to 24 players on the eve of the team's departure for Bangladesh, with lower base salaries and more performance-based incentives, said the reports in media outlets such as the ESPNcricinfo website and the Daily News. In a statement through a legal representatives, the cricketers reportedly said they were "not in agreement to sign unfair and non-transparent contracts and urge SLC to not hold the players at gunpoint".