Pak cricketers set to get 25-35 salary hike

Players will also get a hike in their present match fees paid out on the slab system,The Daily Times reports.

The pay rise will definitely be incorporated in the central contracts but there are 90 per cent chances of this happening in the match fees as well, the official added.

He said Intikhab would shortly send his recommendations to the PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf who will give the final approval.

The matter has already been formally discussed in the governing council meeting where the feeling was that after three years,the players deserve a pay increase, the source added.

The senior-most players earn between 350,000 and 300,000 rupees as Test match and ODI fees and other centrally contracted players get salaries in three categories in the range of 175,000 and 125,000 rupees.

The PCB also awards 8221;special win bonuses8221; beside cash awards for individual performances.