Zim cricketers sign WC contracts
GROUP LEADER . . . Zimbabwe skipper Brendan Taylor confirmed yesterday that players have resolved their row with Zimbabwe Cricket and signed World Cup contracts

GROUP LEADER . . . Zimbabwe skipper Brendan Taylor confirmed yesterday that players have resolved their row with Zimbabwe Cricket and signed World Cup contracts

Jeffrey Murimbechi Sports Correspondent
ZIMBABWE’S cricketers have signed contracts for the 2014 ICC World Cup Twenty20 tournament, which guarantee the players considerable earnings, ahead of their departure this evening for Bangladesh.
Zimbabwe Cricket officials and the Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers Association met on Monday and reached an agreement to end a dispute where the players were demanding a portion of the ICC revenue.

This was above their expected earnings of as much as $11 500 per player and an additional $2 700 winning bonus per match in the second round.

“Players have been paid a lump sum towards the World Cup contract,” ZPCA secretary-general, Eliah Zvimba, told The Herald. “The amount covers the appearance and match fees. The players have signed contracts and all is well now. “We will continue negotiating for a percentage from the ICC revenues to secure salaries for players after the World Cup.” This was the second standoff between ZC and the ZPCA in the last two months, the first being the players’ boycott of all forms of cricket which led to the disruption of domestic fixtures and national team preparations.

ZC managing director Wilfred Mukondiwa and national team captain Brendan Taylor confirmed that the players’ union and the cricket leadership had struck an agreement.

Taylor remains the team’s best batsman and yesterday he sounded focused, on the huge assignment of leading the team at the World Cup, after the resolution of their impasse with ZC.

Prior to the impasse, ZC had released a statement with details about their offer to the players. “The Zimbabwe Cricket offer in summary was that each player participating in the first two rounds of the ICC WT20 tournament effectively earns US$11 500 and the 15-man squad share US$125 000, meaning a personal amount of US$8 333 which amounts to US$19 833, while not taking into account winning bonuses which could be US$2 700 per player per second round match won. “Because the players’ current contracts with ZC end in August this year, the players will also be receiving their normal monthly salaries as per those contracts while they are at the 2014 ICC WT20 tournament.

“ZC said it made the offer against the background that revenue from ICC events is meant to sustain ZC from one four-year cycle to the next,” said the statement.

Zimbabwe will face the Netherlands, Afghanistan and Ireland in Group C of the qualifier stages.

Zimbabwe squad
Brendan Taylor (captain), Hamilton Masakadza, Prosper Utseya, Elton Chigumbura, Sean Williams, Malcolm Waller, Vusi Sibanda,  Sikander Raza, Brian Vitori, Tendai Chatara, Natsai M’shangwe, Shingirai Masakadza, Timycen Maruma, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Tinashe Panyangara

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