The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has brought the world to a standstill with many countries being completely lockdown. Many major sporting events have either been postponed or canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic affecting the globe. Events like the Tokyo Olympics and European Football Championships are the ones who have suffered because of the same. Cricket has also suffered a similar fate with many international and domestic matches being canceled.
With no cricketing action, all the big clubs and major sporting associations are losing a lot of money.

In order to sustain the losses, many several franchises and international cricket teams have been planning to implement pay cuts for all employees and their athletes. All the players and club employees of various different sporting franchises across the globe have agreed to pay cuts.  However, Cricket South Africa(CSA) has commented that there will be no such deduction for all it’s centrally contracted players for the 2020-21 season.

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On Tuesday, Cricket South Africa Acting CEO Jacques Faul said that ff the CSA does not implement pay cuts right now \, they are expected to suffer from some long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic which results in that the cricketers will have to suffer from a cut off from their earnings in the future.

“We have budgeted for the amount. It is a centralised system and both the national team and franchise players are budgeted for. At this stage we will have enough capacity to see us through the season,” Faul spoke with local media.

“But in the long term, even if we cover this season, we will have to look at what the situation is going to be after that and the financial impact it has. In our situation, I cannot see any player getting less money this season, but going forward I can see a situation where players might have to receive less,” he added.

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Faul also mentioned that the Board has also considered the situation with the understanding that no cricketing activity will happen in the next three to six months.

Faul ended with, “If we have series postponed and they are played at a later date, then they can make it up. If not, that is lost income.”