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Cricket News: List of England players in South Africa T20 league | England players signed up for CSA T20 League
Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, and Moeen Ali are five amongst the 11 English players set to join Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) new T20 league.
ESPNCricinfo has accessed the list of marquee players signed up to participate in the brand-new league to be played in February-March next year. The league has made over 30 direct overseas signings so far. England has the highest representation (11) with Sri Lanka closely following it with 10 players in the same.
Buttler and Livingstone set to be top earners among England players in the CSA T20 league
Buttler and Livingstone are expected to earn US $500,000 from the competition whereas Moeen is likely to be paid around US $400,000 for the same.
Six franchises will take part in the league and each of them will have an overall purse of $2 million. However, $250,000 will be the maximum salary in that purse. Cost going over that sum for any player will be considered within the league’s marketing expenditure. For example, the franchise will bear $250,000 of Moeen’s salary whereas the remaining $150,000 will be paid by the league.
Accordingly, with salaries hitting the $500,000 mark, CSA is competing with the UAE-based ILT20 to become the second-most lucrative T20 franchise league in the world behind the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Each of these teams will have a 17-member squad. Up to five of those players, including three overseas but not more than one from the same country, along with a capped and an uncapped South African player, can be pre-signed by the respective franchises.
Moreover, all six of these teams are owned by owners of IPL franchises. Accordingly, there will be a clear synergy and correspondence with respect to the side that a player represents in the IPL and now in the CSA T20 league.
For example, Buttler has reportedly agreed to turn up for the Paarl franchise that is owned by the Rajasthan Royals (RR). Similarly, the likes of Jason Holder and Maheesh Theekshana will play for the Durban and Johannesburg franchises that are owned by the IPL franchises that they represent respectively.
Sam Curran, Tymal Mills, James Neesham, Obed McCoy, Dushmantha Chameera and Alzarri Joseph are some of the other top international stars to have signed up for the CSA T20 league.
