The PCB has denied that there has ever been a delay in player payments in the PSL, following a report by cricket’s world gamers’ union which registered studies of late or non-payment throughout a number of main franchise leagues over the past 24 months.
On Wednesday morning, the Federation of Worldwide Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) launched a “leagues hub”, which is designed to be a useful resource for gamers, their brokers, and gamers’ associations to assist them navigate what they described because the “Wild West” of world franchise leagues.
FICA stated that one player in 4 has skilled cost points in sanctioned leagues and that it has acquired studies of cost points in a quantity of main franchise tournaments. These embody the IPL and WPL, the Bangladesh Premier League, the Lanka Premier League, Canada’s World T20, Main League Cricket and the Abu Dhabi T10, in addition to the PSL.
Usman Wahla, the PCB’s director of worldwide cricket operations, denied that the PSL has ever paid gamers late. He advised ESPNcricinfo: “There isn’t any – and by no means has been – any delay in player payments in any of our 9 [PSL] seasons… we’ve got written to FICA to rectify this in their doc.”
The PSL’s contract phrases stipulate that gamers ought to obtain 70% of their price inside seven days of their arrival in Pakistan, and the remaining 30% inside 40 days of their last league match.
Talking to ESPNcricinfo, Tom Moffat, FICA’s chief government, stated, “The Hub displays the place we’ve got had points reported to us both straight or by way of our common world player and agent survey knowledge.
“The suggestions we obtain from gamers and brokers on each PSL and IPL is mostly very optimistic. The bulk of the late and non-payment points we see are in smaller and start-up leagues.”
Moffat had earlier stated in a press launch: “The expansion of home leagues around the globe has been an ideal factor for cricket and has offered a quantity of new alternatives for gamers. Nevertheless, inconsistencies with the therapy of gamers have led to the panorama being thought of by many because the ‘Wild West’.
“FICA continues to advocate for match for goal world regulation and elevated accountability in the home leagues panorama to guard all stakeholders, together with gamers. This could embody contract minimal requirements and efficient pay enforcement mechanisms, for instance.
“Within the meantime we wish [to] play our function in supporting gamers, their associations, and brokers, by offering data in the Leagues Hub to help their determination making. We additionally welcome engagement from home leagues who want to work straight with gamers collectively to boost requirements and guarantee their league aligns with worldwide greatest observe in an more and more aggressive market.”
The BCCI was contacted for remark in response to FICA’s findings that gamers have confronted late or non-payment points in each of the foremost franchise leagues which it governs: the IPL and the WPL.
Matt Curler is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @mroller98
