15 Australian players offered $500,000 to forego the BBL and play in the UAE League. The Big Bash League will run from December 13 to February 4, while the inaugural ILT20 will run from January 6 to February 12.
The International League (ILT20) in the UAE has reportedly offered AUD 700,000 deals to 15 top Australian players to abandon the Big Bash League (BBL), whose dates overlap, causing considerable tension in Cricket Australia (CA) ranks. The Big Bash League will run from December 13 to February 4, while the inaugural ILT20 will run from January 6 to February 12, making it nearly impossible for Australian players to compete in both tournaments.
“As many as 15 Australian players have been offered contracts worth up to AUD 700,000 per year. To abandon the Big Bash League and play in the UAE Twenty20 tournament in January. ” According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald. Most of Australia’s top players are not required to play in the BBL under their current central contracts. With Warner missing every edition since 2014.
The BBL’s highest draft payment to date has been D’arcy Short’s $258,000 (AUD 370,000), and the money has been significantly less than what has been paid to marquee Australian players in the IPL.
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According to senior cricket sources. “The scale of the attempted raid on Australian players goes far beyond the threat of losing one player. – David Warner – to the UAE because he does not have a BBL deal. ” According to Australian newspapers. “The Age” and “The Sydney Morning Herald.” In addition, the paper revealed:
“UAE contract sizes that are significantly higher than those offered in the BBL. Put Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association under pressure. To reassure players that they are not falling behind the rest of the world by remaining loyal to the game in this country. ” However, it is understood that CA, in order to maintain the sheen and quality of BBL. Keen on signing a lucrative one-off deal with Warner, preventing him from accepting the ILT20 offer.
“While CA is in talks with Warner about getting him back into the BBL this summer, the governing body’s chief executive Nick Hockley and his player union counterpart Todd Greenberg have been fielding countless calls about the offers,” SMH added.
Greenberg believes that Australian players are not “mercenaries”
“They have a genuine interest in the game; if they didn’t, they’d be mercenaries, taking whatever is in front of them.”
“But they’re not. They’re taking a mature, deliberate approach to this and attempting to be part of the solution. ” “It all comes down to trusting your own players and developing relationships with them,” Greenberg explained.
But he didn’t forget to mention that CA needs to address the salary cap.
“I know CA has to stick to salary cap principles for any player, including Dave (Warner),” Greenberg said.
“But they clearly need to make the best offer they can to keep him here. It’s a delicate balance between trying to attract your best players and ensuring that there’s some equity in the system and model, so that everyone has a chance to play and is fairly compensated.”
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