By Richard Edwards
Some young franchise cricketers are little more than glorified volunteers – with unscrupulous owners holding the aces and withholding payment at franchise tournaments across the globe.
That’s the warning from a senior lawyer who has represented many of those cricketers who have either been paid late, or not at all, by franchises in a number of high-profile tournaments.
Last month, the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) launched a ‘Leagues Hub’, designed to give players, their agents and players associations, a better idea of the payment issues w...