This headline on the BBC website gave me a bit of a jolt. There's not much in the actual story however. It seems that Matthew Sinclair is simply considering trying to get a short-term contract with an English side as an alternative to finding real work in New Zealand.
Sinclair is in this position because New Zealand Cricket rules state that a domestic side is not allowed to breach a salary cap of around $28,000 (excluding match fees). It seems Central Districts are trying to get around this by either arranging a job for Sinclair with another employer, or by employing him in a non-cricketing capacity themselves. Sinclair appears to be waiting to see how this pans out before deciding whether to head to England for the winter.
You have to feel some sympathy for the guy. Having just purchased a house he has gone from the economic security of a contract with New Zealand Cricket to a desperate scrabbling for pennies to pay for his new mortgage.
Friday, 10 June 2005
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3 comments:
how the hell do NZ players get motivated when they are playing average players from asia who are perhaps earning 10 times what they do.(I am asian - so no offence taken)
sorry as an addendum, i think there should be a transparent revelation of how much players from each country earns. If WI players earn a tenth of what everyone else is earning then we have to judge them by that standard.
Far comment. New Zealand players are relatively underpaid - which is especially galling when our nearest neighbours are the most overpaid. But players with a contract with New Zealand Cricket are far better off than those who miss out - and Sinclair's main problem is that he missed out on a contract when he should reasonably have expected to get one.
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