Karachi: The Pakistan cricket authorities have increased the financial rewards for the players in the new central contracts by linking good performances with special bonus.

Under the new central contract, if a senior player like Mohammad Yousuf plays in a one-day international against India and any of the top three teams in the ICC rankings, scores a century and his team wins, his total take-home from the game will be in the range of Rs 1 million.

This is apart from the monthly retainer of Rs 300,000 that Yousuf gets from his central contract.

"The players are the ones who bring in the money for the board and the game. So they must get some of the benefits but the better their performances and that of the team, the richer they can get," a senior official of the board told PTI.

Even a catch and run out in a match can now earn a player the bonus amount of Rs 100,000 and it only increases with more catches and run-outs.

The board has even kept a bonus amount of 200 per cent of match fees if the team wins a Test or one-day series against the top three ICC teams and India.

The board official said this time instead of taking the seniority factor into consideration, the board had taken the performances of a player while putting him in different pay slabs in the central contracts.

The break up of the money a player can earn apart from his monthly retainer is listed below.

Category A:

Test match fees Rs 200,000. One-day Internationals Rs 300,000 and Twenty20 is Rs 125,000.

Category B: Rs 175,000; 250,000; 100,000

Category C: Rs 150,000; 200,000; 75,000

Category D: Rs 125,000; 175,000; 50,000.

Reserve players in squad get 50 per cent of the total fees.

The board has also kept a special allowance of Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 per match for the captain who also gets a special entertainment allowance of USD 250 per week on foreign tours and the vice-captain an allowance of USD 100.

In case of a victory against any of the top three teams in ICC rankings and India, bonus will be 100 per cent apart from match fees.

For victory against fourth and seventh ranked teams, bonus will be 75 per cent of match fees and for other teams, 50 per cent of match fees.

In case of victory against top three teams or India in Test series bonus amount would be 200 per cent of match fees. Fourth to seventh bonus amount 150 per cent and others 100 per cent.

If the team wins an ICC or ACC final, it will get 300 per cent bonus amount of the match fees.

Individual performances:

Test matches: Century - Rs 300,000; 150 runs plus - Rs 400,000; double century - Rs 500,000.

Wickets: 5 wkts - Rs 300,000,6 wkts - Rs 400,000 7 wkts - Rs 500,000 and 10 wkts in a match - Rs 800,000.

Catches: 3 - Rs 100,000; 4 - Rs 200,000 and one run out - Rs 100,000.

Man of the match award - Rs 150,000; Man of the series - Rs 300,000.

For One-dayers:

50 runs - Rs 50,0000

70 runs - Rs 100,000

100 runs - Rs 300,000

150 runs - Rs 500,000

4 wkts - Rs 200,000; 5 wkts - Rs 300,000; 6 wkts - Rs 500,000

Three catches - Rs 200,000 and 4 catches - Rs 300,000

Run out - Rs 100,000

Man of match - Rs 150,000 and Man of series - Rs 300,000.

Source : PTI