*Official* UK off-season 2009/10

[morgieb]

What's the ECB recreational XI like? Will it just be a bunch of amatures or pro club cricketers/former first-class cricketers?

 

[zaremba]

There are rumours of Rory Hamilton-Brown being offered a £150k pa salary to return to Surrey, possibly as captain.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Must be rumour. What sort of salary do the very best county players get at the moment?

 

[superkingdave]

what i heard for top earners

£160k Mark Ramprakash (Surrey)
£150k Steve Harmison (Durham)
£140k Stephen Moore (Lancs)
£130k Stephen Davies (Surrey)
£130k Owais Shah (Middx)
£125k Ed Joyce (Sussex)
£120k Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)

 

[fredfertang]

Tresco selling himself short if that be right

 

[Jarquis]

Where has all this Surrey money come from??

 

[morgieb]

Surrey have always had money, but they continue to waste it.

 

[superkingdave]

Tresco selling himself short if that be right

I'm sure he could get more elsewhere but probably would never want to leave Somerset, so i'd guess its a compromise amount, the most Somerset can afford to pay him.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

what i heard for top earners

£160k Mark Ramprakash (Surrey)
£150k Steve Harmison (Durham)
£140k Stephen Moore (Lancs)
£130k Stephen Davies (Surrey)
£130k Owais Shah (Middx)
£125k Ed Joyce (Sussex)
£120k Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)

Wow, I genuinely thought that Ramps' basic salary would be half that.

 

[Richard]

There are rumours of Rory Hamilton-Brown being offered a £150k pa salary to return to Surrey, possibly as captain.

What madness. Anyway, thought they'd already picked Gareth Batty as captain.

 

[zaremba]

Surrey's approach for RHB has been officially confirmed by Sussex. The offer of the captaincy has also been reported by the Brighton Evening Argus and the Daily Telegraph. Apparently he's said he'll give his decision within a month.

 

[GIMH]

what i heard for top earners

£160k Mark Ramprakash (Surrey)
£150k Steve Harmison (Durham)
£140k Stephen Moore (Lancs)
£130k Stephen Davies (Surrey)
£130k Owais Shah (Middx)
£125k Ed Joyce (Sussex)
£120k Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)

Any idea on an 'average' wage

There are footballers at League One level earning similar/more than Ramprakash, just wondering how the averages compare

 

[Richard]

Surrey's approach for RHB has been officially confirmed by Sussex. The offer of the captaincy has also been reported by the Brighton Evening Argus and the Daily Telegraph. Apparently he's said he'll give his decision within a month.

Giving the captaincy to an unproven 23-year-old?

WTF are they thinking?

 

[zaremba]

Good news imminent re Luke Wright though, I understand.

 

[Richard]

Must say it'd be very odd for H-B to decide to up sticks and leave Surrey then go back within a couple of years too thinking about it.

 

[Goughy]

Any idea on an 'average' wage

There are footballers at League One level earning similar/more than Ramprakash, just wondering how the averages compare

Give me a few mins and Ill post some interesting links on this issue. Ill have to find them first in my book marks.

They also back up what I was saying previously about Hoggard and Yorkshires unwillingness to pay for players and on the fact hat I know many talented young cricketers turn down playing cricket as the money was ****e.

EDIT added. One or two years old but still will be accurate as well after T20 and Central contracts introduced.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...rt-Players-thrive-on-steep-earning-curve.html
Surrey av wage = 60 000
Yorks av wage = 30 000
A few Eng qualified players on 100 000+
Steve James earned 25 000 in 1997 when he scored 1700+ runs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...cricket-wage-scale-less-than-first-class.html
Senior players earning 80 000+
Some young players earning less than min wage
Some players on 3000 for the season

I will quote you Jeff Hammond, an Australian in charge at Glamorgan for two seasons. In his very first speech to the troops he said: "I've just looked at the fixture list and can't believe it. You play so much!" Nothing like a bit of research.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2007/sep/18/countieswarmtosalarycapide
On County cricket finances
Salary cap

 

[zaremba]

Must say it'd be very odd for H-B to decide to up sticks and leave Surrey then go back within a couple of years too thinking about it.

There's a fair amount of flitting back and forth between Sussex and Surrey - Hodd, Pigott, Saqlain all spring to mind as players who've gone one way and then back again

 

[GIMH]

That's very interesting Goughy, thanks

 

[Richard]

There's a fair amount of flitting back and forth between Sussex and Surrey - Hodd, Pigott, Saqlain all spring to mind as players who've gone one way and then back again

True now you mention it (had clean forgotten Hodd did thus and TBH don't even know the particulars of Pigott's domestic career, only know he was one of the luckiest Test players of modern times and was Sussex CEO at some point). Very strange.

 

[zaremba]

True now you mention it (had clean forgotten Hodd did thus and TBH don't even know the particulars of Pigott's domestic career, only know he was one of the luckiest Test players of modern times and was Sussex CEO at some point). Very strange.

TBF I'm not sure that Pigott returned to us as a player - it may just have been as manager.