PCB announces monthly stipend for match officials

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Sunday announced a monthly stipend for the supplementary panel of match officials, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The supplementary panel includes 23 members consisting of 15 umpires and eight match referees and this will happen for the very first time that a monthly stipend will be paid to the match officials of this category.
A stipend of Rs25000 was decided for each member of the panel.
PCB also announced a match fee of Rs10000 per day for all of the match officials and also a daily allowance of Rs2500 per day, along with their travel and accommodation expenses.
According to PCB, match officials can earn up to Rs52000 in a four-day match and in limited-overs cricket, they can now earn Rs15000 per match.
Earlier, PCB granted the monthly stipend only to the match officials in the International and Elite panels.
The monthly stipend of the International Panel was Rs.132250 and the Elite Panel was given a monthly stipend of Rs69575.

PCB also provides logistical facilities to the officials in domestic and age group cricket.

Reporter: Rozina Ali