Champions League payday for clubs
The Champions League Twenty20 will be the first time club cricket will rival international cricket
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
The Champions League Twenty20 will be the first time club cricket will rival international cricket. And even though the winners' kitty of $2.5 million may be small, compared to football, it may well be a fortune for the champion club. Andy Bull works out the financial implications, with regard to the tournament, in The Spin blog on the Guardian website.
If Sussex can play well over the next three weeks, this may turn out to be the most profitable year in their history, despite the fact that they have just been relegated from the first division of the county championship for the first time. All they need to do is win five games of Twenty20 - fewer than 200 overs of cricket. With that kind of financial incentive qualifying for the Champions League is going to become the top priority for every eligible team.