Men Cricketers To Suffer 20% Reduction In Salary In 'The Hundred' 2021; Cricketers To Get 11.5% For 2020
Published - 25 Jun 2020, 10:52 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:30 AM
Men cricketers will suffer a 20 percent in their paychecks for the 2021 edition of England and Wales Cricket Board’s ambitious project ‘The Hundred’.
The salary of Women cricketers will, however, remain unaffected. The men and women cricketers will also receive 11.5 percent of what they would have been paid had the 2020 edition not got canceled due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The inaugural edition of the 100-ball-a-side tournament was expected to take place between July 17-August 15, 2020 but will now be played next summer.
The final decision on the same was reached following a series of negotiations between the ECB and the Player’s Welfare Association.
“We have been working closely with the PCA to agree on player contract terms to cover this season and next,” an ECB spokesperson told the BBC.
“The men’s players have agreed to a 20% reduction in 2021 salary bands and we are grateful and heartened by their support of the competition as our sport looks to mitigate the financial impact of Covid-19.” he added.
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“It has been important to us not to see cuts to women’s player salaries”- ECB spokesperson on no salary reductions for women cricketers in ‘The Hundred’ 2021
The reduction in salary in the men’s competition for the 2021 season applies to the price brackets ranging from £30,000 to £125,000.
The governing body, however, decided not to impose the same reductions on women’s salary that ranges from £3600 to £15000 pounds.
“It has been important to us not to see cuts to women’s player salaries, and these remain unaltered for 2021,” the spokesperson said.
As far as holding a new draft is concerned, the ECB admitted that it would depend on a number of factors which includes the number of domestic limited-overs cricket played this summer, the availability of overseas players, the allocation of England central contracts and also if Kolpak players will remain in the county game or not.
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