England cricket players "could be the next to feel the impact" of £100M ($128.9M) in loses this summer after the England & Wales Cricket Board announced a "round of 'unthinkable' redundancies." The "reality of the huge losses incurred by the sport hit home" on Tuesday when ECB CEO Tom Harrison announced that 62 jobs "will go at the board." He also warned that "losses could double" to £200M ($257.9M) if next summer is played in similar circumstances.
There currently are 16 players on "central contracts which were negotiated with the board two years ago." Contracts in the Hundred tournament have been "cut by 20 percent and players will be worried the board will now look to make savings within the England set up when the next round of deals are decided at the end of the month." In April the players donated £500,000 ($644,704) to the ECB and various cricket charities but have been on "full pay since the international season started" (London TELEGRAPH, 9/15). The ECB "hasn’t been able to fully capitalize" on England’s triumph at the Cricket World Cup last year (AP, 9/15).
