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According to the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA), some of the teams are yet to pay full prize money to their players after their participation in the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the United States of America (USA) and Caribbean. It is understood that the International Cricket Council (ICC) had awarded the prize money to the participating nations of the tournament, giving the responsibility to the national governing bodies to redistribute funds to their players.
In the report published by the BBC Sport on the matter, the WCA, the global players’ union of cricket, remarked that the national governing bodies have shown “threatening and intimdatory behaviour’ towards players. In the meantime, it is reported that the ICC are currently working with the respective boards, in their attempt to get the prize money redistributed to the players as soon as possible.
We are extremely concerned with a number of countries who are still yet to pay players their prize money: Tom Moffat
The chief executive of the WCA, Tom Moffat, was quoted as saying about the matter, “We are extremely concerned with a number of countries who are still yet to pay players their prize money. We appreciate the ICC's efforts to date in ensuring the players involved are paid in full and are certain the ICC will continue to take all appropriate steps against any boards who do not do so and to enforce their own terms of participation.”
From the prize pool of £8.8 million for the T20 World Cup 2024, the champions India received £1.9 million and the runners-up South Africa got £1 million, while the losing semi-finalists England and Afghanistan earned £620,500. The teams eliminated from the group stage of the tournament were awarded £301,400 and the teams from ninth to 12th place got £195,011, while the remaining eight teams received £177,000, plus an extra £24,500 for every win.
