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> Before T2 of the Ashes series Pietersen's published base in an
> Observer full-page article was 90,000 quid. Ed Smith mentions 50,000
> pounds in his recent book when he was with Kent and played his three
> tests for England (2003). I don't recall if that was in the context

> > Before T2 of the Ashes series Pietersen's published base in an
> > Observer full-page article was 90,000 quid. Ed Smith mentions 50,000
> > pounds in his recent book when he was with Kent and played his three
> > tests for England (2003). I don't recall if that was in the context

> About 10 years back (1995), a fairly junior Indian pacer was paid
> around 30,000 pounds plus accomodation, iirc, for an entire season by
> Gloucs.

> > > Before T2 of the Ashes series Pietersen's published base in an
> > > Observer full-page article was 90,000 quid. Ed Smith mentions 50,000
> > > pounds in his recent book when he was with Kent and played his three
> > > tests for England (2003). I don't recall if that was in the context

> > About 10 years back (1995), a fairly junior Indian pacer was paid
> > around 30,000 pounds plus accomodation, iirc, for an entire season by
> > Gloucs.

> Thanks!  That sounds like pretty good money for a cricketer.

> Well, it was for 5-6 months of non-stop cricket. It also had a base
> component of around 20k I think and then performance component (per
> match played, per wicket taken etc). Yes, it was good money for an
> Indian cricketer those days and still probably is for cricketers from
> some other countries now,  but a software engineer with 5 years
> experience (equivalent to Srinath's at that stage) could also earn
> close to that much following Srinath's exploits on Cricinfo at that
> time.

> dp

> Compare to Major League Baseball.  The minimum guaranteed salary under
> the collective bargaining agreement is $327,000 (US) for the 2006
> season.  The average salary of a Major League ballplayer in 2005 was
> $2,476,589 (US).

>> Compare to Major League Baseball.  The minimum guaranteed salary
>> under the collective bargaining agreement is $327,000 (US) for the
>> 2006 season.  The average salary of a Major League ballplayer in
>> 2005 was $2,476,589 (US).

> That's the price cricketers pay for being bonded labourers of their
> respective boards.

> >> Compare to Major League Baseball.  The minimum guaranteed salary
> >> under the collective bargaining agreement is $327,000 (US) for the
> >> 2006 season.  The average salary of a Major League ballplayer in
> >> 2005 was $2,476,589 (US).

> > That's the price cricketers pay for being bonded labourers of their
> > respective boards.

> Comparing county salaries 10 years back with the current salary at the
> biggest baseball stage?

>> >> Compare to Major League Baseball.  The minimum guaranteed salary
>> >> under the collective bargaining agreement is $327,000 (US) for the
>> >> 2006 season.  The average salary of a Major League ballplayer in
>> >> 2005 was $2,476,589 (US).

>> > That's the price cricketers pay for being bonded labourers of their
>> > respective boards.

>> Comparing county salaries 10 years back with the current salary at the
>> biggest baseball stage?

>That comparison was by sdavmor. It did occur to me that it is not a
>fair comparison by any means. But it is equally true that the players
>make nowhere near what they *can* from cricket because they can play
>for only one team.

> What on earth is this meant to mean? Justin Langer is currently
> playing for Somerset. He used to play for Middlesex. In the trivial
> sense that a player can't play for two different teams on the same
> day, you are correct but unenlightening.

> > What on earth is this meant to mean? Justin Langer is currently
> > playing for Somerset. He used to play for Middlesex. In the trivial
> > sense that a player can't play for two different teams on the same
> > day, you are correct but unenlightening.

> I was talking about being able to play for only one team at the highest
> level - which is international level in cricket. Yes, we were
> discussing county salaries, but sdvamor brought up salaries of MBL
> players (which happens to be the highest level for Baseball), so I
> (implicitly) switched to international cricket and commented that since
> players are bound to one team (which should have been obvious from my
> reference to "respective boards", but well...) they don't earn as much
> as they should (which is not to say that if they had mobility, they
> would earn as much as MBL players - they don't because cricket market
> isn't as big as Baseball's, but still, even within the existing market,
> players can't maximise their earnings because they are bound to their
> board).

> dp

> > > > Before T2 of the Ashes series Pietersen's published base in an
> > > > Observer full-page article was 90,000 quid. Ed Smith mentions 50,000
> > > > pounds in his recent book when he was with Kent and played his three
> > > > tests for England (2003). I don't recall if that was in the context

> > > About 10 years back (1995), a fairly junior Indian pacer was paid
> > > around 30,000 pounds plus accomodation, iirc, for an entire season by
> > > Gloucs.

> > Thanks!  That sounds like pretty good money for a cricketer.

> Well, it was for 5-6 months of non-stop cricket. It also had a base
> component of around 20k I think and then performance component (per
> match played, per wicket taken etc). Yes, it was good money for an
> Indian cricketer those days and still probably is for cricketers from
> some other countries now,  but a software engineer with 5 years
> experience (equivalent to Srinath's at that stage) could also earn
> close to that much following Srinath's exploits on Cricinfo at that
> time.