Top 8 International Cricket Teams And Their Format-Wise Match Fees

International cricket has grown manifolds in the last decade with the influx of extra money for most of the boards owing to the broadcasting right and their own T20 franchise leagues.

Most of the boards pay their players a decent amount of money for representing them at the highest level. Also, there have been a few players who have, in recent years, opted to move away from playing Test cricket in order to make more and quicker money while featuring in the franchise leagues and shorter formats.

Today, we look at how much the players of the top 8 International Cricket teams earn per match in the three formats:

Bangladesh

Bangladesh have made healthy strides in recent years in international cricket. They defeated the likes of South Africa and West Indies in the 2019 World Cup, and have also registered their maiden Test match victories over England and Australia at home.

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) pays Rs 2.6 lakh per Test match, Rs 1.7 lakh per ODI, and Rs 1 lakh per T20 to its players. Bangladesh have become a strong force at home and did well in other Asian countries. With the T20 World Cup, later in the year, likely to be played in the UAE, the Tigers would be hoping to cause a couple of more upsets.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka cricket has been in turmoil for several years now since the retirement of its legends. The transition period has prolonged, and the team hasn’t been consistent. More losses than wins have resulted in frequent changes of captains, and coaches; it has not been helped by recurrent chaos in the board with corruption and a host of issues.

The successful organizing of the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League last year has helped the board financially. So now, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) pays its player a sum of Rs 5.5 lakh per Test match, Rs 4.5 lakh per ODI, and Rs 2.5 lakh per T20 match.

Pakistan

The transition in Pakistan cricket has been not a lot smoother compared to Sri Lanka. They have won matches in UAE and now with international cricket back at home, in Pakistan, and recently won white-ball series in South Africa too. However, they remain a struggling team away from home against the higher-ranked teams.

The players receive Rs 3.6 lakh per Test match, Rs 2.2 lakh in ODI and Rs 1.6 lakh in T20 from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), apart from their central contracts.

South Africa

The South African team in the past few years have had nowhere near the success they were used to under Graeme Smith. They crashed out of the league stages of the 2019 World Cup, lost at home in the limited-overs series to India and Pakistan and the Test series to Sri Lanka and England.

The board has had suffered stormy times involving its government and the ICC and were on the brink of being dissolved as an international cricket team. Its franchise leagues either didn’t commence or wasn’t able to garner any significant attention.

They have had a change in captaincy as well: Faf du Plessis was replaced temporarily by Quinton de Kock, who was then replaced by Temba Bavuma (limited-overs) and Dean Elgar (Test). The Cricket South Africa (CSA) isn’t a huge earning board and pays out Rs 3 lakh per Test match, Rs 87 thousand in ODIs and Rs 58 thousand per match in T20 to its players for their services.

New Zealand

The New Zealand cricket team is known to punch above their weight, and have had success in the past half-a-decade. They reached the final of the 2015 and 2019 World Cup, the semi-final of the 2016 T20 World Cup, and now are in the final of the World Test Championship.

For a country with about 5 million populations, and cricket as its second favoured sport, the Kiwi cricket team with their comparatively lesser – indeed much lesser – affluence and resources, have done a significantly great job on the field and their image of it.

The Black Caps players accept Rs 4.5 lakh per Test match, Rs 2.5 lakh per ODIs and Rs 1.3 lakh per T20I from their board.

Australia

Now, coming to the Big Three cricket boards and their teams. The Australian team, on and off the field, haven’t had the best of the times in the past few years. While they reached the semis of the 2019 World Cup and retained the Ashes in England, the two series losses to India at home have – their only two home losses to Asian teams –?? have made a huge dent in their Test legacy. Exacerbated only by the fresh resurfacing of the Cape Town ball-tampering saga.

Nonetheless, Cricket Australia (CA), despite its tussles with the broadcasters and the players’ association, enjoy a handsome amount of money coming in to pay its players. The Australian players are paid Rs 11 lakhs in a Test match, Rs 8.5 lakhs in ODIs and Rs 5.6 lakhs for a T20 match as match fees.

India

Because of the revenue generated due to the broadcasting deals of the IPL and the home matches, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is by far the wealthiest and most powerful cricket board in the world. It pays its cricketers an amount of Rs 15 lakh for a Test match, Rs 6 lakh for an ODI and Rs 3 lakh per T20I.

The Indian team has dominated world cricket across formats, both home and away. With two-Test series wins Down Under, and topping the ICC Test rankings regularly, the Asian giants are ruling the world, and are set to take on New Zealand in the WTC final to stamp their authority further.

England

While the BCCI is the richest cricket board, it is the England players who gain the highest amount of money from their contracts and match fees. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) pays a whopping sum of Rs 18.5 lakh per Test match, Rs 10 lakh per ODI and Rs 5.1 lakh per T20I to its players.

Although England have accomplished historic success in white-ball cricket, by winning the 2019 World Cup at home and are one of the favourites for the T20 World Cup, they have suffered a major slump in Test cricket, culminating in their first home Test series defeat in 7 years, which the Kiwis handed them.

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