Pakistan players ask PCB to increase match fee in new contracts
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Pakistan
Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and a few other senior players have told the
Pakistan Cricket Board to increase their match fee for all three formats in the
new central contracts, to be issued by the board for the year 2015.
A Board
official told PTI that the PCB had decided to give 10 per cent raise to the
players in their monthly retainers in the new contracts, but some senior
players have demanded a raise in the match fess for Tests, ODIs and T20.
“They will
get a 10 per cent raise but Misbah on behalf of the players has told the PCB it
should also raise the match fees for Tests, ODIs and T20,” said the official.
“Misbah has
pointed out that the players needed to be given a substantial raise since in
the last few years they have not got big raises in their match fees and also
due to the rising inflation,” the official said.
Chief
selector Haroon Rasheed is heading the committee, which has finalised the list
of cricketers to be given the new central contracts.
The official
said it was highly unlikely that the players would get raises in their match
fees since the performance of the team has not been up to the mark since last
year.
“The board
has told Misbah that it will finalise the central contracts list on basis of
performance and fitness reports and in both counts the players have not
delivered consistently,” the official informed.
After the
central contracts for 2014 expired last December, the PCB had issued temporary
three-month central contracts to the players just as they left for the World
Cup.
But the
players, after reaching New Zealand, had rejected the temporary contracts and
returned them unsigned to the team manager and demanded proper annual
contracts.
“The new
contracts will be for a 12-month period for 2015 and some established players
should expect themselves to be dropped or demoted,” the official stated.
