Big Bash League ramps up pay in battle for T20 stars | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a move that can attract the top talent, Cricket Australia made landmark changes on Wednesday to Big Bash League contracting rules since the league’s inception 12 years ago.
It included a significant uplift in player payments and the league has also introduced a new Marquee Supplementary List for nationally contracted players, part of huge changes for BBL 13.
The highest-paid overseas players will now command AUS$420,000 (US$280,000) in the draft, up 23.5 percent, as part of a raft of new measures for the 13th edition of the men’s competition.
Australia’s domestic women’s T20 tournament, the WBBL, has also reconfigured its contracting system.

Each of the eight franchises in the men’s BBL must have at least six “marquee” players earning AUS$200,000 or more a season.
The BBL clubs will now each have total player payment pools of AUS$3 million, up from AUS$1.9 million.
“With top international players able to earn more in the Big Bash Leagues than ever before, there’s no doubt clubs will have a high-calibre group of players to choose from,” said Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s general manager of Big Bash Leagues.
“The new player contracting rules and uplift in total payment pools will allow both the WBBL and BBL to remain internationally competitive in an increasingly dynamic market.”
Many of the top T20 players in the world are currently competing in the hugely lucrative Indian Premier League, which this year also added a women’s tournament.
(With AFP Inputs)