[REPORTS] PCB to reduce players on central contracts list

[Abdullah719]

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to significantly reduce the number of players who will be given the central contracts later this month.

The PCB last year in August had given 12-month central contracts to 33 players in different categories and interestingly only 10 to 12 players in the existing list have played for Pakistan.

"For example batsmen Saad Ali, Rahat Ali Rumman Raees, Sahabzada Farhan, Umaid Asif, Talat Hussain, Mir Hamza and Usman Salahuddin hardly played a few games here and there for the national team in different formats," one source in the PCB pointed out.

The PCB has hence decided to reduce the number of players to 15 or 20 who will get the central contracts.

"The idea is that central contracts should be given as incentives to players and should be performance-based contracts," the source said.

He said that although the number of players will be reduced in the new central contracts list, the monthly retainers will be enhanced.

Recently, the PCB also reduced the number of national women players given central contracts from 15 to 10 but increased their monthly salaries and match fees.

The source said that under the revamped domestic cricket system, the board was planning to give domestic central contracts to players who will be picked for the provincial teams for first-class cricket and also play in other formats for their regional outfits.

"Each province will have 34 contracted players and if you take his monthly retainer, match fees, win bonuses into account a top player should earn an annual income of around 2 to 2.5 million rupees from just playing in domestic cricket," the source added.

He made it clear that the players who get Pakistan central contracts can play for their provinces in domestic cricket but will not get the domestic contracts.

"Initially the PCB plans to directly select the provincial squads and also provide funds for domestic cricket before they become self-sufficient."

The PCB, on the directives of the prime minister Imran Khan, who is patron-in-chief of the board, has announced they are revamping the domestic structure from this season with only six provinces to compete in the first class tournament, and departments and institutions would have no more role to play in domestic cricket.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/spo...layers-on-central-contracts-list-2002606.html

 

[Sherlock]

Wasn't this already posted a week or so ago?

 

[Savak]

So this means players on contracts for the provincial sides will be getting Rs 2 - 2.5 million from monthly pays for the whole year. I would say that is pretty good and it works out to Rs 208,000 a month. Which job in the corporate sector in Pakistan pays this much per month if you are not in senior management? I doubt even the departments were paying this much to the players.

 

[Syed1]

This part is very encouraging:

Each province will have 34 contracted players and if you take his monthly retainer, match fees, win bonuses into account a top player should earn an annual income of around 2 to 2.5 million rupees from just playing in domestic cricket," the source added.

Also 34 x 6 = 204 players. I think this might put to rest some folk's fear that there will not be enough players for a large population like us.

Initially the PCB plans to directly select the provincial squads and also provide funds for domestic cricket before they become self-sufficient.

This part is concerning.... if it is left to people like Inzi we will have oldies and nepotistic selections occupying positions in all teams.

 

[Kashmiri_Pak_fan]

Why not provincial based tournaments for list A and T20's....It is confusing

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

So this means players on contracts for the provincial sides will be getting Rs 2 - 2.5 million from monthly pays for the whole year. I would say that is pretty good and it works out to Rs 208,000 a month. Which job in the corporate sector in Pakistan pays this much per month if you are not in senior management? I doubt even the departments were paying this much to the players.

How is it gong to be ensured that friends and family will not be selected by folks running the provincial setup just to that their ilk can be on the gravy train?

 

[Abdullah719]

Wasn't this already posted a week or so ago?

More details here. Albeit unofficial.

 

[Titan24]

Good step. My estimation of less domestic players earning more than before when there were around 500 players playing domestic cricket seems to be coming true.

This will encourage young kids and talented players to be more involved in cricket professionally as now if they can get to top 120 players of Pak then they would be earning good money unlike before where every random guy playing domestic cricket used to earn almost same amount of money as the well deserving players and that amount wasnt comparable to other careers.

 

[Savak]

Looks like the pcb will ensure only the best available talent that actually has a future in Pakistan Cricket will get selected in the provincial teams and players who are experienced in matches and age will only play if they are genuinely worth their salt and can actually teach their fellow youngsters.

The days of Pakistani Domestic Cricket being a socialist welfare state for undeserving players with no futures will be over

 

[Kashmiri_Pak_fan]

[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] any info why only First class for provinces and List A and T20's for Regions as indicated in the above article?

 

[Abdullah719]

[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] any info why only First class for provinces and List A and T20's for Regions as indicated in the above article?

The initial reports seem to point towards a 6-team FC competition, but a much larger number of teams for LA/T20. FC would thus be provincial, and I guess limited-overs regional.

 

[mrtaim3]

This is really encouraging. Now talented and hardworking individuals would not care about their careers other than cricket. They will now fully concentrate on getting to domestic cricket. I hope players are selected on strict merit otherwise people in the PCB would put their own kids and relatives which would be very damaging.

 

[FreePalestine]

If players who have Pakistan contracts don’t get provincial contracts, where is their incentive to play domestic cricket? Isn’t this important for building a fan base for first class cricket? Otherwise sounds very encouraging. Hope they succeed. Players getting good salaries is a huge step and very, very welcome! Best of luck to these well intentioned people. Hope the system doesn’t chew them up and spit them out.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

I seriously hope they increase the number from 34 to 45 so that each six teams can have 2nd XI and U21 sides as well, players graduated from U19 regional leagues and then from national u19 team can get in to U21 six team leagues and earn handsome money as well, would really encourage youngsters in to Cricket.

 

[Markhor]

Good move. I'd rather for the first few years the national selection committee pick the regional sides. Yes they're far from perfect but prefer them doing it initially than leaving it to the associations.

34 players for each province is a lot bigger than I expected but I guess that includes the 2nd XI players. I'm hoping the 2nd XI competition is of a high standard too. With 204 players in the setup, there's ample opportunity for domestic cricketers to make a living, and it also looks they'll be compensated fairly too.

 

[Kashmiri_Pak_fan]

I seriously hope they increase the number from 34 to 45 so that each six teams can have 2nd XI and U21 sides as well, players graduated from U19 regional leagues and then from national u19 team can get in to U21 six team leagues and earn handsome money as well, would really encourage youngsters in to Cricket.

Not u-21 but they have decided u-23 competition to put in place.

 

[shah_1]

25 lacs is peanuts for a year )

They want to copy Australian model but paying peanuts lool. A mediocre player like Muhammad Nawaz is earning in crores playing T20 different leagues around the world.

 

[Saj]

Looking at some of the players they gave contracts to just shows how clueless PCB were.

It should be 20 players maximum.

 

[dhump]

25 lacs is peanuts for a year )

They want to copy Australian model but paying peanuts lool. A mediocre player like Muhammad Nawaz is earning in crores playing T20 different leagues around the world.

Average salary is around 93000 Rs per month in Pakistan which will be around 11 hundread thousand PKR per year so PCB is paying double to what a well educated person earn in an year. Now when you look at majority of people in Pakistan they earn way less than this number so overall it is a very good salary package.

Muhammad Nawaz is mediocre but played for Pakistan and I dont think he is making millions.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

25 lacs is peanuts for a year )

They want to copy Australian model but paying peanuts lool. A mediocre player like Muhammad Nawaz is earning in crores playing T20 different leagues around the world.

I'm sure more information regarding the pay structure will come out with due time.

2 lac rupees per month for a young player (they could break into the top tier (the main 6 teams) at 20-21), is good money in Pakistan. If they are good enough, maybe they can get sponsors to pay them (assuming this structure will attract more interests among the general population).

Also, with good performances, they can potentially be picked in the PSL. It is imperative that the PSL increase the teams from 6 to 8, allowing more Pakistani players to participate.

Love the idea, it needs to be implemented correctly.

 

[Syed1]

25 lacs is peanuts for a year )

They want to copy Australian model but paying peanuts lool. A mediocre player like Muhammad Nawaz is earning in crores playing T20 different leagues around the world.

Don't pick and choose, read the whole thing:

"Each province will have 34 contracted players and if you take his monthly retainer, match fees, win bonuses into account a top player should earn an annual income of around 2 to 2.5 million rupees from just playing in domestic cricket," the source added."


You expect all 34 players in a side, and 204 players in the top tier to start earning 20-25 lacs a year even if they play a match or not? Remind me again how PCB is going to gather so much money from.

 

[Kashmiri_Pak_fan]

Won't be it wise to have list A and T20 under provincial system as well? What might be reason behind it?

 

[shah_1]

Average salary is around 93000 Rs per month in Pakistan which will be around 11 hundread thousand PKR per year so PCB is paying double to what a well educated person earn in an year. Now when you look at majority of people in Pakistan they earn way less than this number so overall it is a very good salary package.

Muhammad Nawaz is mediocre but played for Pakistan and I dont think he is making millions.

Muhammad Nawaz was in diamond category(PSL) , and he played different leagues around the world.


Those educated jobs are endless. There will be only 66 cricketers playing( and overall 34x6=204). You can't compare it with a normal job. If you want FC compeition to be lucatrative then you better pay a lot.

 

[shah_1]

Don't pick and choose, read the whole thing:

"Each province will have 34 contracted players and if you take his monthly retainer, match fees, win bonuses into account a top player should earn an annual income of around 2 to 2.5 million rupees from just playing in domestic cricket," the source added."


You expect all 34 players in a side, and 204 players in the top tier to start earning 20-25 lacs a year even if they play a match or not? Remind me again how PCB is going to gather so much money from.

Top cricketer 60 to 70 lacs
Mid level 30 to 50 lacs
Junior level 20 to 25 lacs

That's how it should be imo

 

[Savak]

I would also include clauses in these contracts that the domestic players need to enrol in English classes, online education correspondence courses, coaching classes so that they have options outside the game once their playing days are over.

There should be fitness and nutrition benchmarks as well. These domestic players now have no excuses to not work on their skills and fitness 24/7 and should be able to meet international standards

 

[Syed1]

Top cricketer 60 to 70 lacs
Mid level 30 to 50 lacs
Junior level 20 to 25 lacs

That's how it should be imo

Also please enlighten us where this money is going to come from.

 

[shah_1]

Also please enlighten us where this money is going to come from.

Psl broadcast rights
International Tv rights
ICC money

Spend money where is needed

 

[Shafi]

I hope none of Hafeez, Malik, Sarfraz, Azhar, Shafiq get any contract. But most likely PCB will award them A+ contract.

 

[the Great Khan]

this is a good idea and one that i had hoped for in a previous post on this forum. Reduce the contracts and increase the money. This way you have to really earn your way to a contract..

 

[dhump]

Muhammad Nawaz was in diamond category(PSL) , and he played different leagues around the world.


Those educated jobs are endless. There will be only 66 cricketers playing( and overall 34x6=204). You can't compare it with a normal job. If you want FC compeition to be lucatrative then you better pay a lot.

Educated jobs are endless but educated people are very less and in my opinion majority of players actually suffer before being selected for national side with this if they get 2500K a year this is a very good pay check for Pakistan sports.

 

[Kashmiri_Pak_fan]

I hope none of Hafeez, Malik, Sarfraz, Azhar, Shafiq get any contract. But most likely PCB will award them A+ contract.

Hafeez and Malik are likely to be dropped

 

[ARK Rafay]

Average salary is around 93000 Rs per month in Pakistan which will be around 11 hundread thousand PKR per year so PCB is paying double to what a well

That numbers are of cricket careers?

 

[Savak]

Psl broadcast rights
International Tv rights
ICC money

Spend money where is needed

PCB gets money from international and domestic sponsors as well.

 

[shah_1]

PCB gets money from international and domestic sponsors as well.

Javed Miandad openly admitted that he did nothing despite getting millions from PCB so imagine how much money is wasted on employees like him. Wasim Khan needs to trim the organization.

Is there any audit of PCB? How do we know that all the money goes to the right place?

 

[Saj]

Too many freeloaders that need weeding out.

It's been the case for many years, players get contracts due to political and external backing when they don't deserve a contract.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A good move from the PCB - it looks like they are planning to reduce the number of centrally contracted players. At the moment there are 33 contracted players, many of which have not even played for Pakistan in the last 12 months in any format <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1149726000655282176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[PakLFC]

We are paying average players too much money. For once the PCB seems to be talking sense here.

 

[Shafi]

Javed Miandad openly admitted that he did nothing despite getting millions from PCB so imagine how much money is wasted on employees like him. Wasim Khan needs to trim the organization.

Is there any audit of PCB? How do we know that all the money goes to the right place?

Sad to see people get away saying they got millions doing nothing. In future thieves or robbers will openly boast about their crimes.

Still people like this has no shame wanting high paid jobs.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Good move, that is what I wanted, when created a thread that why they have given some undeserving players contracts that too in top categories?

These should only be given to our top players and some young prospects, also this will give them more money which they deserve and help them encourage to perform.


18 players that should be given a contract.

Category A:

Babar Azam
Mohammad Amir

Category B:

Haris Sohail
Fakhar Zaman
Imam Ul Haq
Sarfraz Ahmed
Yasir Shah
Shaheen Afridi
Mohammad Abbas

Category C:

Shan Masood
Mohammad Rizwan
Imad Wasim
Shadab Khan
Hasan Ali
Usman Shinwari

Category D:

Abid Ali
Asif Ali
Faheem Ashraf
Mohammad Hasnain

 

[Shafi]

Fakhar Zaman and Sarfraz Ahmed in Category C, Shan Masood, Asif Ali and Faheem Ashraf shouldn't belong to any category.

 

[Shafi]

15-20 players are too many. Ideally it should around 7-10 players.

 

[HussainRx8]

Lol at educated jobs being endless.

Maybe you should be the financier.

 

[shah_1]

Lol at educated jobs being endless.

Maybe you should be the financier.

Compared to cricketers
You can't campare a professional cricketer these days with the normal jobs

 

[hur rizvi]

25 lacs is peanuts for a year )

They want to copy Australian model but paying peanuts lool. A mediocre player like Muhammad Nawaz is earning in crores playing T20 different leagues around the world.

It’s enough

An 18 grade government officer earns half of this

 

[shah_1]

It’s enough

An 18 grade government officer earns half of this

Why are we comparing professional cricketers earning with these jobs?

There will be only 204 players selected out of thousand of aspring cricketers. Only 8 to 10 new cricketers(estimate) will be replace others every year.

 

[Afhan Ali]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]
Your opinion ?

 

[hur rizvi]

Why are we comparing professional cricketers earning with these jobs?

There will be only 204 players selected out of thousand of aspring cricketers. Only 8 to 10 new cricketers(estimate) will be replace others every year.

Purpose is to state that it’s a good sum for domestic Cricketers. Point is that 25 lac/year lucrative enough for most people in Pakistan

 

[hur rizvi]

Why are we comparing professional cricketers earning with these jobs?

There will be only 204 players selected out of thousand of aspring cricketers. Only 8 to 10 new cricketers(estimate) will be replace others every year.

Moreover our economy is not as healthy as Australia so 25 lac per month is pretty decent and I would be very happy if pcb can pull this off

 

[hur rizvi]

Why are we comparing professional cricketers earning with these jobs?

There will be only 204 players selected out of thousand of aspring cricketers. Only 8 to 10 new cricketers(estimate) will be replace others every year.

Previously players had contracts with Wapda, Krl, sngpl all govt sector organizations so comparing with govt pay scale makes sense

 

[shah_1]

Moreover our economy is not as healthy as Australia so 25 lac per month is pretty decent and I would be very happy if pcb can pull this off

There needs to be players association like in Australia

Fight for your rights. Players need to voice their opinion if the money that PCB is earning is going the right place

 

[hur rizvi]

There needs to be players association like in Australia

Fight for your rights. Players need to voice their opinion if the money that PCB is earning is going the right place

Players association would do more politics than raise actual issues in Pakistan

 

[Markhor]

Players association would do more politics than raise actual issues in Pakistan

I think the reason why there's so much politics between players, and why seniors hold onto their spots with their lives is due to a lack of a player's association.

Without minimum standards, benefits and pensions a union could ensure, these guys think they've gotta maximise their earnings now otherwise they'll be thrown onto the scrapheap.

 

[Majid Khan]

I’ve proposed this in another thread , my view is they should offer performance based pay and incentives , and award player contracts on the basis of three tiers , with the top tier only for those players who have a batting average above 45 in test and ODI format, or bowling average of 28 or under .

Tier B can be for players who meet that criteria in only one format.

And Tier C can be for the likes of Hafeez who don’t meet the criteria in any format.

 

[Saj]

I’ve proposed this in another thread , my view is they should offer performance based pay and incentives , and award player contracts on the basis of three tiers , with the top tier only for those players who have a batting average above 45 in test and ODI format, or bowling average of 28 or under .

Tier B can be for players who meet that criteria in only one format.

And Tier C can be for the likes of Hafeez who don’t meet the criteria in any format.

Good call.

At the moment there is this ludicrous system that if you are a senior player you get awarded a high category contract irrespective of whether you are willing to play Test cricket.

If it were up to me, any player who is not available for all 3 formats should not get a category A contact.

 

[shah_1]

I think the reason why there's so much politics between players, and why seniors hold onto their spots with their lives is due to a lack of a player's association.

Without minimum standards, benefits and pensions a union could ensure, these guys think they've gotta maximise their earnings now otherwise they'll be thrown onto the scrapheap.

Exactly

Players need to have a voice. They need to be financially secured and paid according to what PCB is earning. Look at player's association of NZ/Ind/Aus.

 

[Savak]

Good call.

At the moment there is this ludicrous system that if you are a senior player you get awarded a high category contract irrespective of whether you are willing to play Test cricket.

If it were up to me, any player who is not available for all 3 formats should not get a category A contact.

Lol Misbah ul Haq was often not available for all three formats and still rewarded with an A contract.

 

[Asim_khan]

Issue with that could be players playing for their average etc

 

[Saj]

Lol Misbah ul Haq was often not available for all three formats and still rewarded with an A contract.

Doesn't matter who it is, if they've said they are not available for all 3 formats then count them out of the top category.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Another point we need to take into consideration is that cricketers play until they're about 35-40 years old (that to if they sustain good performances). 2-2.5 million rupees per year is good income in Pakistan, and as I stated above they can introduce new systems where players can earn more, but comparing it to the government grades is useless imo.

Government officers will work until about 60-65 years of age. What do cricketers do after they retire from the system? PCB need to put into place a system where these cricketers get a monthly pension or something.

 

[Majid Khan]

Issue with that could be players playing for their average etc

Well If there are players clearly playing for themselves and not according to match situation or as the team needs, then this is for the selectors/coach/captain to identify and make sure these players are warned and then dropped if they carry on putting themselves before the team.

But the fact is you will not be able to easily inflate averages, unless you are working hard on your game and trying to improve to make yourself able to perform against the best teams - which after all is what you want to see the players do to raise their performance.

 

[Obaidd]

I really hope Sarfaraz does not get a central contract because he hasn’t performed as a batsman.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

I'm sure more information regarding the pay structure will come out with due time.

2 lac rupees per month for a young player (they could break into the top tier (the main 6 teams) at 20-21), is good money in Pakistan. If they are good enough, maybe they can get sponsors to pay them (assuming this structure will attract more interests among the general population).

Also, with good performances, they can potentially be picked in the PSL. It is imperative that the PSL increase the teams from 6 to 8, allowing more Pakistani players to participate.

Love the idea, it needs to be implemented correctly.

Spot on.