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The ACB today announced that the National Selection Panel had selected the 25
players to be contracted by the Board for the next 12 months.
The players are:
MICHAEL BEVAN NSW, age 32
ANDY BICHEL QLD, age 32
NATHAN BRACKEN NSW, age 25
MICHAEL CLARKE NSW, age 22
ADAM GILCHRIST WA, age 31
JASON GILLESPIE SA, age 28
IAN HARVEY VIC age 31
NATHAN HAURITZ QLD age 21
MATTHEW HAYDEN QLD, age 31
BRAD HOGG WA, age 32
JUSTIN LANGER WA, age 32
BRETT LEE NSW, age 26
DARREN LEHMANN SA, age 33
MARTIN LOVE QLD, age 29
STUART MacGILL NSW, age 32
GLENN McGRATH NSW, age 33
JIMMY MAHER QLD, age 29
DAMIEN MARTYN WA, age 31
ASHLEY NOFFKE QLD, age 25
RICKY PONTING TAS, age 28
ANDREW SYMONDS QLD, age 27
SHANE WARNE VIC, age 33
SHANE WATSON TAS, age 21
STEPHEN WAUGH NSW, age 37
BRAD WILLIAMS WA, age 28
New South Wales Blues batsman Michael Clarke has been offered his first ACB
contract.
Queensland Bulls paceman Ashley Noffke will accept his second contract, after
being on the list in 2001-02 and Western Warriors spinner Brad Hogg gets his
first full-year contract, after being upgraded to contracted status during the
2002-03 season.
Retired Australian batsman Mark Waugh, his New South Wales teammate Stuart Clark
and Western Australian batsman Michael Hussey have not been offered new
contracts.
The contracted players are paid a base retainer, which is levelled according to
a player ranking system decided by the National Selection Panel. Each player
also receives match fees, tour fees and prize money for on-field success.
Under a formula agreed with the Australian Cricketers’ Association as part of
the 2001 – 2005 Memorandum of Understanding, the minimum retainer in 2003-04 is
$125,000, up $15,000 from last year.
Match fees for 2003-04 have been increased by 10 per cent, and players will
receive $12,100 for each Test and $4850 for each one-day international.
Clarke’s form for the New South Wales Blues in 2002-03 (763 Pura Cup and 385 ING
Cup runs) helped him secure a spot in the Australian one-day international side
that played England in Adelaide on 19 January 2003. He made 39 not out in that
match.
The 22-year-old is currently on the Travelex Tour of the West Indies as cover
for the injured Damien Martyn.
The National Selection Panel, which comprises former Australian players Trevor
Hohns (Chairman), David Boon, Allan Border and Andrew Hilditch, nominate the 25
players based on two primary criteria:
• the form of the players over the past 12 months; and
• their likelihood of Australian selection over the next 12 months taking into
account who Australia plays, balance of the side and the need to ensure the
future development of the Test and one-day international teams.
The contracted players are the core group from which selectors will choose Test
and one-day international sides in the year ahead. Uncontracted players remain
eligible for Australian selection and can be upgraded to an ACB contract if they
gain regular selection.
Following the announcement of the ACB’s contracted players, state cricket
associations are now able to form their lists for season 2003-04.
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Australian Cricket Board
good to see Clarke, Noffke and Bracken retained/got a first contracts, along with what would be more conrrovertial contracts in Warne and Watson, not sure warne gets any money till his ban is over and Watson is unlikley to play even grade cricket till the season is nearly over
players to be contracted by the Board for the next 12 months.
The players are:
MICHAEL BEVAN NSW, age 32
ANDY BICHEL QLD, age 32
NATHAN BRACKEN NSW, age 25
MICHAEL CLARKE NSW, age 22
ADAM GILCHRIST WA, age 31
JASON GILLESPIE SA, age 28
IAN HARVEY VIC age 31
NATHAN HAURITZ QLD age 21
MATTHEW HAYDEN QLD, age 31
BRAD HOGG WA, age 32
JUSTIN LANGER WA, age 32
BRETT LEE NSW, age 26
DARREN LEHMANN SA, age 33
MARTIN LOVE QLD, age 29
STUART MacGILL NSW, age 32
GLENN McGRATH NSW, age 33
JIMMY MAHER QLD, age 29
DAMIEN MARTYN WA, age 31
ASHLEY NOFFKE QLD, age 25
RICKY PONTING TAS, age 28
ANDREW SYMONDS QLD, age 27
SHANE WARNE VIC, age 33
SHANE WATSON TAS, age 21
STEPHEN WAUGH NSW, age 37
BRAD WILLIAMS WA, age 28
New South Wales Blues batsman Michael Clarke has been offered his first ACB
contract.
Queensland Bulls paceman Ashley Noffke will accept his second contract, after
being on the list in 2001-02 and Western Warriors spinner Brad Hogg gets his
first full-year contract, after being upgraded to contracted status during the
2002-03 season.
Retired Australian batsman Mark Waugh, his New South Wales teammate Stuart Clark
and Western Australian batsman Michael Hussey have not been offered new
contracts.
The contracted players are paid a base retainer, which is levelled according to
a player ranking system decided by the National Selection Panel. Each player
also receives match fees, tour fees and prize money for on-field success.
Under a formula agreed with the Australian Cricketers’ Association as part of
the 2001 – 2005 Memorandum of Understanding, the minimum retainer in 2003-04 is
$125,000, up $15,000 from last year.
Match fees for 2003-04 have been increased by 10 per cent, and players will
receive $12,100 for each Test and $4850 for each one-day international.
Clarke’s form for the New South Wales Blues in 2002-03 (763 Pura Cup and 385 ING
Cup runs) helped him secure a spot in the Australian one-day international side
that played England in Adelaide on 19 January 2003. He made 39 not out in that
match.
The 22-year-old is currently on the Travelex Tour of the West Indies as cover
for the injured Damien Martyn.
The National Selection Panel, which comprises former Australian players Trevor
Hohns (Chairman), David Boon, Allan Border and Andrew Hilditch, nominate the 25
players based on two primary criteria:
• the form of the players over the past 12 months; and
• their likelihood of Australian selection over the next 12 months taking into
account who Australia plays, balance of the side and the need to ensure the
future development of the Test and one-day international teams.
The contracted players are the core group from which selectors will choose Test
and one-day international sides in the year ahead. Uncontracted players remain
eligible for Australian selection and can be upgraded to an ACB contract if they
gain regular selection.
Following the announcement of the ACB’s contracted players, state cricket
associations are now able to form their lists for season 2003-04.
-Ends-
Australian Cricket Board
good to see Clarke, Noffke and Bracken retained/got a first contracts, along with what would be more conrrovertial contracts in Warne and Watson, not sure warne gets any money till his ban is over and Watson is unlikley to play even grade cricket till the season is nearly over
