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CWI CEO Slams Cricket Financial Model As West Indies Gets No Revenue From India Series
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News18•16-10-2026, 10:27
CWI CEO Slams Cricket Financial Model As West Indies Gets No Revenue From India Series
- •West Indies Cricket CEO Chris Dehring criticized the current international cricket financial model for leaving the Caribbean side with zero revenue from matches against India.
- •Dehring noted that an India series can generate 20 to 30 million dollars, yet the West Indies receive no share despite the commercial value.
- •He traced the problematic financial structure back to a 1997 ICC member vote that ended the previous system where touring teams received touring fees and a share of overseas revenues.
- •The current model disproportionately favors boards with massive domestic markets, leaving smaller island economies like Antigua and St Kitts at a severe disadvantage.
- •Dehring warned that the 1997 voting decision ultimately signed the demise of West Indies cricket by stripping away its primary historical source of income.
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Cricket West Indies CEO Chris Dehring criticized the financial model of international cricket, pointing out that an India series can generate 20 to 30 million dollars while West Indies receives no share of that revenue.
The origins of the financial structure date back to 1997, when ICC member countries voted to alter the model that previously allowed West Indies to sustain itself through touring fees and revenue from international tours.
As boards chose to retain domestic television rights revenue rather than share it with touring teams, countries with large populations benefited while smaller Caribbean nations were left with a significantly smaller revenue base.
