PCB BoG increases retainers, match fees in latest domestic contracts

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced to increase in the retainers and match fees in the domestic contracts 2022-23, approved by the Board of Governors (BoG) at its 70^th meeting on Saturday.

According to the PCB, the contracts will run from September 2022 to August 2023 and the list of player names will be revealed in due course.

Following Ramiz Raja’s announcement of a PKR100,000 rise in retainers across all five categories following his election as the 34th PCB Chairman last September, the cricket board has again increased domestic retainers.

The most significant difference, however, is in the match fees, which have been enhanced with the goal of luring star cricketers and pushing them to maintain high standards so that they may remain in the domestic contract categories.

As a result, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match fee has been raised from PKR60,000 to PKR100,000, while the Pakistan Cup and National T20 match fees have been hiked from PKR40,000 to PKR60,000, respectively.

Following the recent increases in retainers and match fees, Category A+ and Category D players can now earn between PKR4.3million and PKR6.1million, respectively.

2022-23 domestic contract categories (player names to be announced in due course):

A+ (15 players) – PKR300,000 (up by PKR50,000)
A (35 players) – PKR200,000 (up by PKR15,000)
B (48 players) – PKR185,000 (up by PKR10,000)
C (70 players) – PKR170,000 (up by PKR5,000)
D (24 players) – PKR150,000 (up by PKR10,000)

2022-23 domestic events match fee
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – PKR100,000 (11 playing members each); PKR24,000 (five non-playing members each)
Pakistan Cup – PKR60,000 (11 playing members each); PKR20,000 (five non-playing member each)
National T20 – PKR60,000 (11 playing members each); PKR20,000 (five non-playing member each)
CA Championship – PKR40,000 (11 playing members each); PKR10,000 (five no-playing members each)
CA Challenge – PKR40,000 (11 playing members each); PKR10,000 (five non-playing members each)
CA T20 – PKR40,000 (11 playing members each); PKR10,000 (five non-playing members each)

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