Amid the coronavirus pandemic, England veteran bowler Stuart Broad believes that his country’s player will not complain if England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) ask them to take a pay cut. He even added that it would be wrong that the players remain in the same pay while others are going through financial crises.
Earlier, ECB had announced 60 members will be dismissed from their job seeing the financial burden on the board. The outbreak of the coronavirus had halted all the cricket action for over four to five months which had costed all the boards heavily. Amid this, some boards have announced pay cuts.
I think 100 per cent there’ll be pay cuts: Stuart Broad
With the England and Wales Cricket Board estimating initial losses of 100 million pounds (USD 127 million) because of the COVID-19 restrictions, the value of the contracts has been reduced.
Considering the financial crises, Stuart Board has viewed that it will be ‘average feeling’ if players don’t sacrifice their salary.
“I think 100 per cent there’ll be pay cuts. The players are very aware of the situation. With the ECB having to potentially lose 60-odd staff, it would be wrong that the players stay on a similar pay. I’ve not heard any official sort of numbers,” Stuart Broad was quoted as saying by ‘Sky Sports’
“It would be a really average feeling to have that we were not making sacrifices like the rest of the world. So I don’t think you’ll get too many people complaining of whatever comes our way,” he added.
Meanwhile, England was the first country to bring back cricket home. After an extended break, they hosted Test series against West Indies series at home followed by Test and T20I series against Pakistan.
Australia also toured England to play ODI and T20I series in August. ECB was successful in hosting all these series while players being in a bio-secure bubble to curb the spread of the coronavirus.