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In response to a
study by cricket’s worldwide players’ union that documented instances of late
or non-payment across various major franchise leagues over the previous 24
months, the PCB has refuted any delays in player payments in the Pakistan Super
League.
In an effort to assist players, their agents, and players’ associations in
navigating what they called the “Wild West” of international
franchise leagues, the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations
(FICA) unveiled a new “leagues hub” on Wednesday morning.
According to FICA,
payment problems have been reported in several big franchise events, and one in
four players have encountered them in leagues that are authorised. These
include Major League Cricket, the Abu Dhabi T10, the Bangladesh Premier League,
the Lanka Premier League, the Canada’s Global T20, the IPL and WPL, and the
PSL.
According to the provisions of their contracts, PSL players are entitled to 70%
of their pay within seven days of their arrival in Pakistan and the remaining
30% forty days after their last league game.
Usman Wahla, the PCB’s director of international cricket operations, denied
that the PSL has ever paid players late. He told ESPNcricinfo: “There is
no – and never has been – any delay in player payments in any of our nine [PSL]
seasons… we have written to FICA to rectify this in their document.”
When Australian
all-rounder James Faulkner withdrew from the final stages of the 2022 season,
claiming that the board had not honoured his contract, the PCB earlier refuted
any issue with late payments throughout the PSL’s existence. “In the seven
years of the HBL Pakistan Super League, no player has ever complained about the
nonfulfillment of the PCB’s contractual obligations,” the Pakistan Cricket
Board stated at the time.
The BCCI were contacted for comment in response to FICA’s findings that players
have faced late or non-payment issues in both of the major franchise leagues
which it governs: the IPL and the WPL.