I could be wrong and i base it on snippets that I read here and there, but, during the Taylor era there was 3/4 players up around the 6 figure sum in US bucks and a few players hovering 80+ such as Prosper,Ervine,Cremer.Googly wrote:Well Taylor was the kingpin and even those half wits recognized that.
Given their history I would be suspicious of the players earning a chunk more if their performances don't justify it (which they don't!)
The problem is they look after the handful but leave the others hanging out to dry. They are despicable people.
The only one I am relatively sure on is Taylor was on 110k a year US.
Playing for Zimbabwe is relatively lucrative IF you are in the top echelon of players.
The guys who miss out are the fringe players, the ones not in the top ten. In a way though, in that respect I actually side with ZC because if you are at a quality that cant make the zimbabwean national 11, then you are only equivalent to a park cricketer in more developed countries and they wouldnt be earning more than 100 a game, they are well placed.
I'll use Kevin Kasuza as a random example.
Kasuza gets to travel, make a 100 bucks a game playing in front of a crowd, aticles and duiscussion on him, his cricinfo profile.
If Kasuza, at current talent level, immigrated to Australia for example, he would be playing third (or second at best) grade park cricket and would be extremely lucky to get paid, he would probably just get his fees waived. He certainly wont have any profile or have people talk about him on forums.
If i was a young cricketer who was not destined for superstardom, i would LOVE to have a zimbabwean passport. Its one of the clearest paths to test cricket.
The flipside is, to get to that level where the dollars roll in, they wont get much support on the journey, and will face some setbacks unique to Zim.
