A senior cricketer earns Rs 147,000 per one-dayer
The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen Tauqir Zia Wednesday revealed a senior player was earning Rs147,000 from a oneday international
31-May-2001
The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen Tauqir Zia
Wednesday revealed a senior player was earning Rs147,000 from a oneday international. He added that if a player was earning that much
money, he should not have the temptation to fall to the greed of
betting and match-fixing.
"One (senior) player gets Rs147,000 from a single one-day
international. And if he played 50 one-dayers in a year, the simple
calculation is that he will pocket Rs7.5million. "I don't think after
earning that much, there should be any temptation to fall for more
(through illegal means)," Zia said during a `News Morning' programme
on the PTV. Asked if the players were to mint money because of
uncertainty of their futures, he replied that the argument didn't
apply on players like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saeed Anwar and
Inzamam-ul-Haq who have been playing active cricket for the last 10-15
years.
Zia didn't say it clearly, but passed on the message between the lines
that if a player was earning that much, it would be asking for too
much from him to retire from the sport. However, he did say after
being paid that much, the nation expected a better performance from
them.
"If a seasoned player like Wasim Akram is bowling 15-17 wides, it
would be unfair to ask a player like him, if he is not doing it
deliberately, to explain such bowling. "But we have an analysis wing
at the PCB which corrects the technique of younger players," Zia said.
He, nevertheless, stated that most of the Pakistan players had not
submitted their tax returns while adding that the assets of the
players abroad were difficult to assess and find. "They have not
submitted details of their assets because of though international
commitments," Zia said.