Pakistan’s star gamers, together with captain Babar Azam, pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan, have accepted a revised model of their central contract after discussions with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
The senior gamers have expressed reservations about a couple of points of the contracts.
“These range from questions around the NOC process for participation in foreign leagues, to seeking more information about image rights in ICC events and shares of participation fees at ICC events and clauses around signing individual endorsements,” the report mentioned.
The PCB introduced 33 central contracts this season, splitting between white and red-ball gamers for the primary time from 2022-23.
As per the board’s normal follow, whereas the copies of the contract had been handed to the gamers in the beginning of the pre-tour camp in Lahore, lots of the gamers belonging to the decrease classes signed the dotted traces however the senior stars didn’t signal instantly.
Apart from Babar, Afridi, and Rizwan, the group additionally included Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman and Hasan Ali. The gamers sought extra time as they needed to debate the nitty-gritty of the contracts with their advisers and attorneys, given there’s no person participant within the nation.
In the previous, Pakistan cricketers not often disputed any facet of their central contracts signed and returned them right away. Historically, the Pakistan board additionally by no means formally negotiated with the cricketers whereas framing contracts on their half.
Therefore, this new improvement could possibly be seen as some kind of a marker of kinds within the equation between the board and the cricketers.
According to the central contracts, the month-to-month retainer quantities and match charges weren’t among the many factors of competition. All gamers will obtain match charges of Rs. 838,530 PKR (approx. US$3800) for a Test, Rs. 515,696 PKR for an ODI (approx. US$2300) and PKR 372,075 (approx. US$1700) for a T20I.
On the opposite hand, the retainer for a high Pakistan red-ball contract is PKR 1,050,000 monthly (approx. US$4700) and PKR 950,000 (approx. US$4300) for a corresponding white-ball contract.
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