The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a pay hike for its domestic cricketers. Under the newly-announced financial package, a domestic player in the playing eleven will be entitled to get Rs 91,000 for one Quaid-e-Azam Trophy first-class match and one-day match, Geo TV reported.

The remaining four players of the 15-member domestic squad will be given Rs 34,750 for each first-class match of the Quaid-e-Azam tournament and one-day match. Mohammad Hafeez Considering Retirement in Protest After Being Demoted to the Second Tier Category in New Contract.

While match fees of the domestic players participating in the one-day tournament have increased from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 per match, players participating in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy have got a hike from Rs 25, 000 to Rs 50,000, per match.

The match fees of players participating in the T20 tournament also saw a hike from Rs 24,000 to Rs 30,000 per match.

According to the new financial package, players participating in the Pakistan Cup one-day tournament will now get a total amount of Rs 35,000 as compared to the previous amount of Rs 30,000.

The prize money awarded to the domestic players for the T20 tournament has also witnessed a hike as each cricketer will now be getting an amount of Rs 5,700,000 as compared to the previous price money of Rs 4,900,000.

Award money for Regional Inter District U-19 Tournament has also been revised from Rs 1,50,000 to Rs 2,50,000.

Earlier this month, the PCB had revised the contracts of its international players and increased their monthly remuneration along with their match fees per game.