Organisers of the Masters Champions League have insisted that all players will be paid in full after late payments threatened the continuation of the tournament.
ESPNcricinfo understands that, after some team owners missed payments, several of the captains declared a deadline by which payments had to be met or they would decline to fulfil their fixtures.
As a result, the MCL's parent company, Grand Midwest
Hotels, made cash payments to all the affected players
the contracts included a clause guaranteeing than any failure from the team owners would be compensated by the parent company. As a consequence, Zafar Shah, the GMH chairman, produced the necessary cash.
While organisers always stated it was an event for players retired from international cricket, there are many players involved who are still making a career in domestic cricket and several, including a couple in their 20s, who retain international ambitions. Richard Levi and Kyle Jarvis, for example, may have retired from playing international cricket for South Africa and Zimbabwe respectively, but retain hopes of playing international cricket for England.
