Unpaid Sri Lanka playing for love

Photo: Pat Scala

This summer's tri-series will be played against the backdrop of a worrying pay dispute for Sri Lanka's players who are owed as much as $US5 million ($A4.7 million) due to a cash crisis within the country's governing body.As Mahela Jayawardene's team battles the world's top two one-day international sides on the field in this month's tri-series, off the field its player union will be taking on a cash-strapped board in a row that threatens to send cricket on the island nation further into turmoil.
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