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Originally Posted by brendons31
Source that Pakistani players are poorly paid??
These players have opportunities to earn loads in the IPL and numerous other legit sources.
Also, article in today's Times implies that Amir's monthly retainer from the Pakistan Cricket Board is as low as 2,000 USD (1,300 GBP or 1,600 EUR). By way of comparison, I have made quite a bit more than that in the last few weeks, just playing 2/180s on Stars. I really am pretty mediocre at poker, while he's one of the most talented performers in a sport that is watched by a quarter of the world's population. If I had condensed those hours into one month instead of pissing away endless hours posting crap on 2+2 then I'd be on a better monthly than him.
Contrast that with the top England players; the top ECB contracts are reckoned to be worth up to £400,000. That's 2500% higher! This imbalance, plus a background in a country where corruption is a fact of life, is the root of this.