18 December 2004	Saturday	05 Ziqa'ad 1425

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ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has hired Physiotherapist South African Darryn Lifson at an annual salary of 36,000 pounds, reveals a draft copy of the contract submitted to the senate standing committee on sports.

The physio's contract that runs till June 2007, also entitles him to a allowance of $114 per day during tours abroad and Rs 3000 for those within Pakistan. Lifson is also entitled to five-star accommodation on tours, both at home and abroad.

On the other hand, the team's trainer, another South African, Murray John Stevenson, would draw a yearly salary of 30,000 pounds while his daily allowance and accommodation entitlement is the same as Lifson.

Coach Bob Woolmer, whose Pakistan side continues to struggle Down Under has a salary of 80,000 pounds per annum with several bonuses including 50,000 pounds if the team maintains a yearly position of 4 and above in Test and One-day rankings.

Contracted till the 2007 World Cup, Woolmer will pocket another 30,000 pounds if Pakistan make the semi-finals of the competition and 50,000 pounds on qualifying for the final. As much as 80,000 pounds would be up for grabs if the team wins the tournament.

Woolmer's daily allowance while on tours, is identical to that of Lifson and Stevenson while there is also a discretionary bonus of 40,000 pounds for him on the successful completion of his contract period of three years.

But his emoluments are in stark contrast to what his predecessor Javed Miandad, relieved following the home series defeat to India, was drawing. Miandad told Dawn that he was being given just rupees two and a half lakh for a one-day match and Rs 175,000 for a Test, the kind of money as some of the senior players including Inzamamul Haq were getting.

"I did not have a yearly contract like Woolmer and if there was no match, that meant no money for me," said Miandad who minced no words in claiming that he had done a better job than the "laptop" coach. Miandad said that Lifson and Stevenson now associated with the national team could not even think of making as much money elsewhere as was being paid to them by the PCB.