Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shehryar Khan has on Tuesday said that if the things go well in Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz’s visit to india, series between Pakistan and India is on the cards. He said that talks have been held with India over a series. He said that politics and cricket should be kept separate.
Talking to media after Governing Board meeting, Shehryar Khan said that cricket and politics should be kept separate. He said that he hoped to get ground in United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Chairman PCB said that the decision on domestic structure will remain unchanged and 16 teams will participate in the season. He said that Governor Sindh has assured of security for cricket matches in Karachi. He said that we are going to invite teams to Karachi.
Talking about the central contracts, Shehryar Khan said that it will be decided within 2 days. He said that the Governing Board has allowed him to keep 2 former Test cricketers as advisors.
PAKISTAN PLAYERS SET TO RECEIVE INCREASED RETAINER FEES
Meanwhile, the PCB has decided to increase the monthly retainer fees of the centrally contracted Pakistan cricketers from 25 to 75 percent. According to an official in the PCB detailed discussions have taken place with the players representatives Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali on the terms and conditions of the new central contracts which will be for the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. “There was a deadlock over the issue of whether the PCB should give the players bonuses or winning a series or matches also with the board only ready to give bonuses for series wins,” the official said.
He said the board had now seriously discussed a proposal to do away with the system of awarding bonuses for winning series or matches in all three formats and just increase the central contract monthly retainers and the match fees.
“If this comes through the players could see their monthly retainership fees doubled and their match fees for all three formats increased by 25 to 50 percent,” he said.
At present the players in the top category of the central contracts are paid monthly retainers of around 425,000 rupees and this could increase to 850,000 while those in the B, C and D categories could get enhanced retainers of Rupees 650,000, 350,000 and 200,000 respectively.
Besides the increase in retainers the players could also see their match fees enhanced considerably up to 50 percent. “The board feels this is the best way to financially reward the players for their performances and bonuses should be dropped,” another official said.