In a big growth for regional cricket, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has unveiled plans to speculate over $2.5 million in prize cash and bonuses for males’s and ladies’s groups collaborating in varied tournaments over a four-year interval.
This initiative marks a considerable improve in rewards for gamers and groups in West Indian cricket.
The announcement comes simply forward of the CG United Super50 Cup, a marquee Checklist A event, the place the champions stand to win a powerful $100,000 together with the distinguished Sir Clive Lloyd trophy. The dropping finalists is not going to be left empty-handed, receiving a noteworthy $50,000, whereas the crew main the factors desk within the league part may also pocket $50,000. This outstanding improve in prize cash marks a historic excessive for the event.
Dr. Kishore Shallow, President of CWI, defined the motive behind this substantial funding, stating that it goals to encourage cricketers and foster a extra aggressive setting. CWI anticipates that such incentives, coupled with different developmental packages, will bridge the hole between worldwide and regional cricket, in the end elevating the standard of play within the area.
Enhanced prize monies lengthen to all senior males’s, girls’s tournaments
Moreover, these enhanced prize monies lengthen to all senior males’s and ladies’s tournaments. Notably, the West Indies Championship, a conventional red-ball, four-day competitors, will see the champions earn a powerful $250,000, whereas the second-placed crew will obtain $100,000 in prize cash. This substantial improve guarantees to lift the stakes in first-class cricket within the West Indies.
In girls’s cricket, the CG United Super50 Cup and the T20 Blaze may also witness substantial boosts in prize cash. The winners of the 50-over competitors will obtain $20,000 initially, with a minimal annual increment of $10,000 over the following 4 years. The runners-up will obtain half of those quantities. Equally, the T20 Blaze champions will obtain $10,000 extra subsequent 12 months, with additional annual will increase for the next 4 years, whereas the runners-up will obtain half of those quantities.
CWI is at the moment finalizing a brand new four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the West Indies Gamers Affiliation, which is anticipated to carry additional will increase in remuneration for particular person gamers, together with a big enhance to girls’s earnings in cricket. This complete funding initiative represents CWI’s dedication to nurturing and selling cricket within the West Indies.
