silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
The guy just wants to provide for his family. I hope it works out, good luck to him.
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Tino Best's international career ends at 26
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pup11
International Coach
Yeah nobody is blaming or should blame Best for having taken this decision, the blame lies with the ICC and smaller cricket boards who are hardly doing anything to make sure that the young players don't quit international cricket to play in some league, just because they are not being payed well enough by their boards.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Those corner pieces are the worst.Now he could turn out to be more dangerous without the ball in his hands, if he decides to sit idle at home he could turn himself into the next "jigsaw killer"!
Death by a thousand paper-cuts - THE HORROR!!!.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
On an interesting note, our club coach said that domestic cricketers in India get paid a lot more than those in England and noted that they get paid a 'ridiculous amount'. Perhaps the Indian domestic players who join are really joining partially for greed rather than to support their families.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Where is your coach from? He appears to be way off the mark but the difference is shrinking.
As I understand it, there is little evidence to suggest that Indian domestic players are paid like English ones.
A Ranji FC game is apparantly now worth around 1000 pounds (80-100 000 Rs) to a player in India though those numbers are disputed. However, other figures put it at only Rs 4000 per day in 2005 and there has been a lot of press stating that a four-day Ranji Trophy game could be worth upto Rs 25 000 now.
If you look around there are mentioings of FC cricketers earning less than US$5000 per year (approx 2500 pounds).
All figures can be disputed but 2 conclusions are clear. Domestic Indian cricketers are, on average, paid far less than English ones and that their incomes have been rising.
The best example I can find is this-
"Rohit Sharma — a regular member of the Ranji Trophy-winning team Mumbai — who has also played the Duleep, Deodhar, Irani and Twenty20 tournaments. A rough estimate after the proposed hike shows that his domestic cricket earnings for the 2006-07 season would cross Rs 15 lakh. This figure includes his share from Mumbai’s team sponsorship deal."
15 lakh is approx 20 000 pounds
The average County player is on around 40 000 pounds for a season + match fees and freebies (car etc) and as well as having more money, they have greater stability as far more income is guaranteed rather than appearance related.
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Langeveldt
Soutie
Most boring funny thing ever said..Good record at domestic level didn't translate to Test cricket - he may have been picked too soon. I'll always remember him for "mind the windows, Tino."
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Though if you look at his salary in terms of purchasing power....
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
No doubt that comparing totals as opposed to 'value' ignores cost of living.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yup, my uncle has a full time driver for Rs. 3000 (approx. 40 pounds) a month.....
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grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
What apart from "argyle have the potential to be a Premiership side"
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
England, but he is basing his assumptions on a recent trip to Mumbai.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
You know when you have something important to do and spend a lot of time doing something else to avoid it. Thats what Im doing with Indian cricket wages.
The more I research the better the conditions are becoming but still way off County levels.
What else is interesting is seeing that purely from International cricket, that the top Englaish players earn close to 3 times (about 400 000 pounds) what the Indian cricketers earn approx 100-120 lakh (around 140 000 pounds).
That actually isnt too different from what the top County players get paid for playing County cricket for 7 months of the year.
Obviously that doesnt include personal ads or sponsorship. This is where the top Indian cricketers earn a great deal of money (though the top English players arent mugs at this either, capable of hitting over 1 mil pounds total for the year).
But from purely International cricket the difference was suprising.
The more I research the better the conditions are becoming but still way off County levels.
What else is interesting is seeing that purely from International cricket, that the top Englaish players earn close to 3 times (about 400 000 pounds) what the Indian cricketers earn approx 100-120 lakh (around 140 000 pounds).
That actually isnt too different from what the top County players get paid for playing County cricket for 7 months of the year.
Obviously that doesnt include personal ads or sponsorship. This is where the top Indian cricketers earn a great deal of money (though the top English players arent mugs at this either, capable of hitting over 1 mil pounds total for the year).
But from purely International cricket the difference was suprising.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah I know. I was throwing the International stuff in as an extra as it was a by-product of the research.
However, when top Indian Internationals get paid roughly the same as top County cricketers, you can see why a stint in County cricket is so lucrative. As the IPL will be.
The numbers are a little cloudy, but playing for Hampshire Warne appears to earn roughly the same a year as Tendulkar playing for India. Also with a lot more of it guaranteed and far less based on appearances.
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Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Just took a look at that bit. Interesting how little Indian international players get paid. I always thought that the Indian international players earnt more than the English. The BCCI really are very greedy.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
They do earn more with the income from non-cricketing sources.
Things will probably dramatically change with the IPL and new TV and sponsorship deals, but the last full set of figues shows the ECB having a marginally higher income than the BCCI.
"BCCI is in the process of overtaking England's ECB as the richest national cricket board, with an income of Rs 650 crore for 2006/07, compared to the ECB's income of £77 million in 2006 (Rs 665 crore at the 31 December 2006 exchange rate)."
The BCCI will overtake the ECB, but the whole thing about massive Indian financial dominance over the rest of the world is a myth. It isnt as if the BCCI has multiple incomes of the ECB to pay its players massive salaries. I dont think they are being overly greedy, maybe just a little
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
They have practically the same amount of money and pay their players three times less - I'd call that greedy.They do earn more with the income from non-cricketing sources.
Things will probably dramatically change with the IPL and new TV and sponsorship deals, but the last full set of figues shows the ECB having a marginally higher income than the BCCI.
"BCCI is in the process of overtaking England's ECB as the richest national cricket board, with an income of Rs 650 crore for 2006/07, compared to the ECB's income of £77 million in 2006 (Rs 665 crore at the 31 December 2006 exchange rate)."
The BCCI will overtake the ECB, but the whole thing about massive Indian financial dominance over the rest of the world is a myth. It isnt as if the BCCI has multiple incomes of the ECB to pay its players massive salaries. I dont think they are being overly greedy, maybe just a little
I did always suspect that BCCI's financial dominance was a myth though. I posted in a thread once inquiring about how the BCCI had such a large (supposed) wealth but did not get a responce. I am sure that the BCCI will overtake the ECB by a large margin with the IPL though, the 10 year deals for the teams totals $723,590,000 which works out at $72359000 or £36,893,393 a year. However, I am unsure whether the BCCI will treat the IPL as a separate company with separate figures (and uses of the profits) though.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Defaintely. I remember reading that Tendulkar signed a single deal, not too long back, which earnt him more than any other professional cricketer in the world.
Dictionary definition of psychopath: "A mentally unbalanced person who is inclined toward antisocial and criminal behavior."
Tell me...short of beamers (which are certainly not acceptable, but have arguably been bowled by many a quick accidentally or deliberately) - how has Tino Best been criminally irresponsible and antisocial? I mean...I do accept that he was an immature, poseurish idiot - but the difference between that and psychosis is stark.
