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Posted: Saturday April 24, 1999 09:35 AM

LONDON (Reuters) -- England's World Cup squad agreed on Friday to sign contracts for the tournament and end a cash dispute with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

"All the lads have now agreed to sign their contracts and we are looking forward to playing in the tournament and to hopefully achieving success," said England captain Alec Stewart.

The ECB said in a statement that "further adjustments" had been made to the balance between appearance fees and performance-related bonuses.

"Some other non-financial issues relating to the contract have also been resolved or are being resolved."

ECB chief executive Tim Lamb said he was sure everyone would now want to "focus completely on the World Cup campaign" and the players would be doing their best to "perform in a way that all their supporters can be proud of."

 

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