‘India earn millions, West Indies get nothing’: CWI CEO questions cricket’s financial model

Cricket West Indies (CWI) CEO Chris Dehring has exposed a major financial gap in international cricket, and his latest comments have raised serious questions about the system that follows the International Cricket Council (ICC). Dehring indirectly slammed India for their financial struggle.

While India stands to earn millions from the ongoing five-match T20I series against the West Indies, the CWI board will not receive a single penny from the series’ broadcasting revenue. The shocking difference has once again highlighted the financial struggle faced by smaller cricket boards. Earlier,Sunil <a href="https://cricket.international/sunil-gavaskar-furious-with-shamar-joseph-after-arshdeep-singh-incident/" title="Sunil Gavaskar furious with Shamar Joseph after Arshdeep Singh incident”>Gavaskar furious with Shamar Joseph after the Arshdeep Singh incident.

India-West Indies T20I series could earn $30 million, but Caribbean board gets nothing!

The five-match T20I series is currently level at 2-2 after Shai Hope’s brilliant century in Hyderabad. But off the field, a much bigger issue has come into the spotlight. Cricket West Indies (CWI) CEO Chris Dehring explained that the West Indies would receive no broadcasting revenue from this series.

He revealed that a bilateral series in India could generate between $20 million and $30 million, but none of that money would go to Cricket West Indies under the current system. Dehring believes the existing financial model heavily favours countries with huge audiences, leaving teams like the West Indies struggling to earn money even when they travel to play international cricket.

Dehring was quoted as saying by The Scoop by Wisden Cricket, “West Indies cricket receives nothing in this case, because the series is being played in India. A series that could generate $20 million to $30 million in India brings West Indies cricket no revenue.”

CWI CEO recalls West Indies’ golden financial days

The Cricket West Indies CEO has also recalled the time when nine of the 10 ICC member countries voted to change the financial model of international cricket. Before that decision, host nations generally paid visiting teams a guaranteed touring fee.

These payments were sometimes worth more than the revenue they could earn by hosting matches in the Caribbean. However, the new system allowed the host country to keep all the money generated through its broadcasting rights. This created a massive gap between boards.

Dehring further explained, “To understand how this happened, you have to go back to 1997. I was fortunate, or unfortunate, to be around when the ICC member countries voted to change the financial model that underpinned world cricket. Until then, West Indies was a very attractive team, and everybody wanted us to tour.

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CWI CEO slams ICC’s unfair financial system

The CWI CEO has pointed out that the BCCI could earn huge amounts from its population of around 1.5 billion, while the West Indies had much smaller markets, including Antigua, with around 100,000 people, and St Kitts, with around 30,000.

Dehring strongly criticized the decision, pointing out that the West Indies had been outvoted nine to one. He had warned that the change could threaten the future of Caribbean cricket because it removed one of the board’s main

He signed off by saying, “It was palpably unfair. We were outvoted nine to one by the ICC member countries. At the time, I said that this decision had effectively signed the demise of West Indies cricket because it took away our main

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