Sri Lanka announce 18-player list for national contracts; Angelo Mathews misses out
The contracts will be for a duration of five months, lasting till 31 December, 2021. On the contracts, a statement by the board read: "The players signed the contracts without any deviation from the contracts offered previously, which was formulated by Sri Lanka Cricket along with the Technical Advisory Committee.
"The players were chosen under four categories and were nominated by the Selection Panel, based on a set of criteria such as Performance, Fitness, Leadership/Seniority, Professionalism/Code of Conduct, and Future/Adaptability. The criteria and the allocation of points to individual players were shared among the players before they signed the contracts."
Sri Lanka have awarded national contracts to 18 players for a five-month period until 31 December 2021. pic.twitter.com/N7UhxVjMol
— ICC (@ICC) August 20, 2021
Notable omissions from the contract list include former captain Angelo Mathews, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella. While Mathews is unavailable for selection, the other three are serving a ban for a breach of COVID-19 protocols.