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Pay Deal Delivers Big Increases For Australian Cricketers

Cricket Australia is set to lift the salary cap for its domestic T20 league by 50% and increase the minimum and average pay for the women바카라s national team by 25% as part of a five-year deal agreed with the player union.

Cricket Australia is set to lift the salary cap for its domestic T20 league by 50% and increase the minimum and average pay for the women바카라s national team by 25% as part of a five-year deal agreed with the player union. (More Cricket News)

The salary cap for each team in the men바카라s Big Bash League will increase to 3 million Australian dollars (US$2 million) as the sport바카라s Australian administrators try to keep the best local talent and attract high-profile overseas stars in an international market sprinkled with lucrative franchise T20 leagues.

바카라We have recognized the need to ensure that the BBL remains highly competitive in a changing global cricket landscape,바카라 Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said on Monday. 바카라We바카라re confident this agreement will help maintain its place at the heart of the Australian summer.바카라

Cricket Australia announced a 66% increase in payments to professional women cricketers across the span of the agreement, saying the top contract holder in the world champion team has the capacity to make 1 million Australian dollars ($670,000) a year with national and women바카라s BBL deals and payments from franchise tournaments in India and England included.

The women바카라s national contract list will increase from 15 to 18 players.

At the domestic level, the average pay for women바카라s players on state and WBBL contracts will increase to AU$150,000 ($100,000).

바카라Cricket now clearly offers the best earning opportunities of any team sport for elite female sportspeople,바카라 in Australia, Hockley said.

The new deal, he said, 바카라represents another major step forward in the rise of women바카라s cricket with significant increases in remuneration for the

inspirational role models of the world champion Australian women바카라s team and the WBBL who are driving substantial growth in female participation.바카라

The 24 men on central contracts with Cricket Australia under the new deal will have an average pay increase of 7.5% to AU$951,000 ($630,000), before match payments for participation in test matches, one-day internationals or T20 internationals.

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