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England's centrally contracted players agree to 15% pay cut for 12 months
England's centrally contracted men's players have agreed to a 15% pay cut for the next 12 months.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) reached an agreement with Team England Player Partnership (TEPP) after the financial implications of Covid-19.
Test and white-ball contracts were awarded to 23 players on 1 October.
"I would like to thank the players and TEPP for their collaboration," said Ashley Giles, England men's cricket managing director.
"The relationship with our men's players and their representatives is strong, and we need to recognise that our players, led by captains Joe Root and Eoin Morgan, have conducted themselves with great maturity and responsibility throughout this challenging time."
Richard Bevan, chairman of TEPP, added: "In agreeing to this revised remuneration package, they have shown great responsibility and unity with the wider game."
In September, the ECB announced it was to cut 62 jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Chief executive Tom Harrison said the game would lose more than £100m this year, a figure that could rise to £200m next year.
Analysis
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew
These pay cuts will be in place for the next 12 months and amount to approximately £100,000 a piece for a red-ball contract and £25,000 for those engaged on white-ball contracts.
The fact the statement was put out jointly by the ECB and the players' representatives demonstrates the positive atmosphere in which the negotiations were held, with the players recognising that in the current climate cuts were inevitable.
The ECB is set to lose a further £100m next year and following the £100m deficit this year, is having to lay off 62 people, but this week's confirmation of England's short tour to South Africa demonstrates a determination for the game to carry on.
Test contracts: James Anderson (Lancashire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire)
White-ball contracts: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Mark Wood (Durham)
Incremental contracts: Dom Bess (Yorkshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)
Pace bowling developmental contracts: Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Olly Stone (Warwickshire)
Nottsview Comment
Does a cut of £100K mean that the likes of Stu Broad and Rory Burns have been raking-in £660,000 prior to the pandemic?
And they think laying-off 62 people (who lose 100% of their income) is better than cutting another few extra percent off Jos Buttler or Ben Stokes, who are already off supplimenting their incomes in the IPL!
This is good for sure, I mean a good thing to do, cleary the situation is terrible for all of us on this Planet
ReplyDeleteCricketers' reputations rather better than that of Rugby Union players
more contact in Rugga Rich
DeleteYes, I was under the impression the lads playing both formats were paid pretty close to £1Million a year with their central ECB contract and the Captain, Roooooooty, about 25percent more. So I guess there's a very privileged few like Stokes and Archer amongst them who are raking in £3 to £5Million a year with endorsements and the big franchise pay days. So I would suggest most can pretty easily afford to take the 15percent hit this year especially when like you say 62 employees have been laid off completely. But at least it's something, it's a lot of money to lose regardless of what you're earning. I've heard people at TB still saying cricketers are poorly paid like they were when they had to get jobs in the winter when they were not on 12month contracts. Even our own brilliant Paul Johnson( who would be an international t20 player if he had played now) I believe had to get employment in the winter months at some stages and know from sitting with his family at the 40over games back in the day, struggled to obtain a mortgage to buy a property. It will be interesting to see the ECBs knock on effect at our County in respect of new contracts handed out to players. As it is most unlikely we will have packed audiences in the ground, assuming at some stage we are allowed back in the stadiums, you would logically think Mick is going to have to be far more selective when dishing out the larger deals and also more critical as to who new deals are given to - at least until whenever we get back to what we now used to call 'normal'
ReplyDeleteIts amazing how much money a top cricketer can earn nowadays in a single year . At a guess I would estimate perhaps 20 UK players can earn a million pounds a year from cricket . Compare it to nearly all the Premiership fotballers - who earn salaries of £1 million plus. A million equates to £20,000 a week. Nice work if you can get it!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed watching the Valpady Trophy from India on Youtube - an underarm cricket Match - must be something like it was 200+ years ago!!!
ReplyDeleteSir PJ, do you recall THAT underarm grub hunter delivery bowled by I think Aussie Trevor Chappell off the last ball when the New Zealand batsman needed a boundary off the final ball ? I think the authorities changed the rules after that awful piece of non-sportsmanship. Was it not another Aussie, one D K Lillee who used a metal bat until again the authorities changed the rules for this.
DeleteThe scores in the Match I watched were very low - it really looked like underarm bowling was far more difficult to cope with. You are more informed than I about Rule changes - so is underarm bowling now outlawed altogether?
ReplyDeleteI don't know PJ. I think the rules were changed after that as if someone needs to hit a 6 off the final ball an underarm 'grubhunter' just rolled down the wicket clearly gives the batsman no chance of hitting this. In theory, you wouldn't expect any opponent to resort to these unsportsmanlike tactics...but it shows what professional sport brings and this was in the late 70s/early 80s I would suggest well before the big bucks filtered down to the players
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