The Sri Lankan tour money has not only been held back by the PCB, the win bonus has also not been distributed between the players which has caused a lot of ill-feeling amongst them.
According to an agreement between the PCB and Coca-Cola, US$50,000 were to be distributed among the players for the year 1996 - a year in which they beat England, Zimbabwe, New Zealand (one-day internationals), in Sharjahand in Australia.
The cricketers are already annoyed with this settlement as they claim that the previous arrangement was more lucrative for them. They say that according to the previous agreement, there was cash incentive for every series.
For example, each player was to get Rs 100,000 if the team beat England in England and then Rs 50,000 for each player if the national team won against New Zealand at home. ``But by fixing the amount, we will get at least 400% less than what we would have got on series-by-series basis.'' So much so, US$50,000 will be distributed according to slab system which, they feel, is not justified.
According to sources requesting anonymity, a group of senior cricketers will present the case of the entire team before the chief executive of the PCB, Majid Khan.
``I think, the case of the players is justified but we want to end the issue by talking to the board instead of creating any controversy,'' a senior member of the team commented.
The forthcoming season is a very gruelling one and if South Africa can announce additional incentives for its team, why can't the PCB do the same especially in the background that it is our golden jubilee season, the cricketer added.
It is anticipated that as soon as Ramiz Raja and Salim Malik join the camp, the issue will be taken to the authorities.
Daily allowance of cricketers reduced
By Our Sports Reporter
KARACHI, Aug 29: In an unprecedented move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reduced the daily allowance of the cricketers to Rs 200 from Rs 500.
The revision has come into effect two months ago when the training camp was held in Lahore for the Asia Cup.
Previously, the cricketers were sanctioned Rs 500 as daily allowance with lodging and boarding on the expense of the cricket board. But now, all the facilities exist except reduction in the daily allowance.