During UK Tour For One-Off Test Next Year Zimbabwe To Receive Touring Fee From ECB
In bilateral cricket, Zimbabwe will become the first team in modern cricket to receive a “touring fee” from the hosts when they travel to England for a one-off Test match in the summer of 2025. As per report, England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Richard Gould confirmed this development on Sky Sports. During the Final World Podcast last year, it was said that a collective push was needed by all full member nations in cricket to eliminate revenue disparity and treat players and fans to quality Test cricket. This touring fee was one of the recommendations he had made.
Gould said to former England captain Mike Atherton about the need to ensure competitiveness in Tests by big cricketing nations like India, Australia, and England, “There is a huge responsibility.”
“When you look at whether it is the revenue share from the ICC or indeed the revenue share from bilateral cricket, which is fairly old-fashioned in truth in the way that it is delivered."
"For example, next year Zimbabwe is coming to tour England. Normally, the way things happen is that the touring team gets itself into the country and then it is looked after in terms of accommodation, all the rest of it. But there is no fee for that team that is touring. Next year when we play against Zimbabwe, there will be a fee for that team that's touring," he concluded.