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COLOMBO: Mahela Jayawardene has defended Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) decisions to remove five Tests from Sri Lanka’s schedule in 2013, citing the board’s financial strife as an understandable motive for favouring limited-overs cricket.
SLC agreed to replace a two Test series against West Indies, originally scheduled for May and June, with an ODI tri-series involving India, and have also postponed three home Tests against South Africa until 2015.
Limited-overs matches are more profitable than Tests for broadcasters and, in turn, SLC, which was so mired in debt after the 2011 World Cup that it was unable to pay player salaries for eight months.
The board profits from allowing its cricketers to play in the IPL as it receives 10 percent of the players’ pay from the tournament. The Tests in the West Indies had clashed with the end of the IPL, and according to the Future Tours Programme, the home Tests against South Africa would have clashed with the SLPL, set to begin in early August.
SLC agreed to replace a two Test series against West Indies, originally scheduled for May and June, with an ODI tri-series involving India, and have also postponed three home Tests against South Africa until 2015.
Limited-overs matches are more profitable than Tests for broadcasters and, in turn, SLC, which was so mired in debt after the 2011 World Cup that it was unable to pay player salaries for eight months.
The board profits from allowing its cricketers to play in the IPL as it receives 10 percent of the players’ pay from the tournament. The Tests in the West Indies had clashed with the end of the IPL, and according to the Future Tours Programme, the home Tests against South Africa would have clashed with the SLPL, set to begin in early August.
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