Host Carl Lewis chats with Rapport sports editor Tinus van Staden about how South African cricketers make money.
If a Protea played in the 2022-23 season in all 38 of the team's matches, (not including “World Cup -tournaments as a top CSA player contract of about R3 million, he will only earn around 4.4 million. Compared to others in the glamour leagues.
Tristan Stubbs was paid 9.2 mill for his contract with the Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
David Million earned 6.2 million for two months with the Gujarat Titans.
Compared to the 4.4 million a “hypothetical” Protea Player with a big national contract and tournament money would earn.
Cricket in SA could soon be dealt a death blow as several Proteas are reportedly expected to leave the game. This follows Quinton de Kock's announcement that he’ll be shelving his test cap.
According to Cricket insiders, several factors are resulting in this drastic move.
But mostly due to the heavy wallets, they could walk away with, playing as “soldiers for hire” in T-20 cricket worldwide.
Cricket SA’s head Pholetsi Moseki and SACA executive Andrew Breetzke both agree that situation is extremely worrying.
CSA insiders say they fear that the top players in the country will be leaving due to the appeal of T-20 league money. According to them the money on offer from CSA is nothing in comparison to leagues worldwide.
Players will start to lose interest in national contracts and why wouldn’t they?
In the SA20 top players earn around R5 million in comparison with national contracts where they’d earn between 1.5 and 3 million rand yearly. And when they get national contracts then they need letters of permission from CSA allowing them to play in leagues worldwide.
