Pakistan Super League the rising domestic cricket tournament among the Asian fans. The umpires perform their duties to make sure the game remain fair earn big salaries including sponsorship earnings. In the very first edition only seven umpires selected. Later with popularity increase umpires ratio increase to eight for second and third. PSL umpires salaries revealed for the first time in 2016 by (TSM Sportz).
The website revealed that umpires working in the Pakistan Super League earn maximum $500 per match. Later another cricket blog in 2017 reported the umpires salaries in IPL upto $1,000 per match.
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PSL 2020 UMPIRES
SALARIES (PER MATCH FEES) |
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Category |
Per Match Fees |
Base Salary |
Matches |
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Professional Umpires |
$1,000 |
$8,500 |
34 |
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Development Program |
$400 |
$1,500 |
34 |
Professional umpires with years of experienced mostly selected for the PSL games. Rare chances umpires from development program selected for a match. There two on-field umpires who make the decision and one third umpire with camera review of the decision.
Professional PSL Umpires Salary ($1,000 match fees) : A professional umpire earn $1,000 per match. In the first edition the salary of match umpire reported $500 per match. The umpires salaries increased after wearing sponsored shirts during the tournament. A match umpire maximum earn $8,500 from all PSL match appearances.
Pakistan umpires ratio for the PSL matches increased in past three tournament. Asif Yaqoob, Ahsan Raza, Khalid Mahmood and Ahmed Shahab mostly selected in the previous edition of PSL. In future more umpires will be part of the International cricket council from (Pakistan). The development program of umpire in PSL and other domestic cricket tournaments in Pakistan helping them to grow their knowledge about the game.
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PSL 2021 Umpires Salaries (Confirmed) |
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Officials |
Per Match Fees |
Contract Base Salary |
Contract Year |
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Faisal Afridi |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Aleem Dar |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Michael Gough |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Zameer Haider |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Richard Illingworth |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Imran Javed |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Ahsan Raza |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Shozab Raza |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Rashid Riaz |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Asif Yaqoob |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Iftikhar Ahmed |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Mohammed Anees |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Muhammad Javed |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Roshan Mahanama |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
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Ali Naqvi |
$1,000 |
$12,000 |
2021 |
In the above table you can see the best paid match umpires in Pakistan Super League from season 2016-2021. All financial data based on the reports, news and leaked salaries of cricket umpires during the season 2016-19.
Since, corona-virs impact sports, there is no big change in the PSL 2021 umpires salaries they get maximum match fees $1k reported last year and $12k for being match official in maximum number of matches in PSL. The average payout for PSL 2021 match umpire reported $5k a season.