The 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League has been an unforgettable one.
The tournament organisers decided to hold the league right in the middle of the Indian Premier League. The clash, which was earlier seen as a no-no for any franchise league, was fully embraced by the Pakistan Cricket Board and it seems to have paid off.
Moving the PSL owed much to the Champions Trophy that was held in Pakistan earlier in the year, and secondly due to the increasingly crowded schedule at the beginning of the year.
The PSL began on April 11 with six teams – Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Quetta Gladiators, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi and Lahore Qalandars – fighting it out for the top prize.
There was a week-long interruption due to an unexpected but explosive conflict between India and Pakistan that threatened to upend not just cricket but normal life in both countries.
However, the conflict thankfully ended very soon, allowing the PSL to return and hold the last set of matches.
Upon PSL's return, Pakistan cricket fans came back to the stadiums in encouraging numbers, having earlier stayed away for most of the matches.
The PSL had gone to great lengths to ensure the tournament was held as smoothly as possible, even planning to relocate to the UAE at one point to complete the remaining fixtures.
They had earlier attempted to make the league as financially lucrative as possible, offering greater salaries to the top players with the hope that they would remain in the league and not switch to the IPL mid-tournament.
According to the Pakistan board, a separate fund of $1 million was created to pay the top players over and above what they would receive through the player draft, which has a salary cap.
Players in PSL were placed in five sections – platinum, diamond, gold, silver and emerging. The best overseas and local players are in the platinum category and receive the best remuneration.
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Daryl Mitchell (Lahore Qalandars): at least $220,000
Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi): $220,000
Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars): $220,000
Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars): $220,000
Saim Ayub (Peshawar Zalmi): $220,000
Naseem Shah (Islamabad United): $220,000
Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans): $220,000
Matthew Short (Islamabad United): $220,000
Shadab Khan (Islamabad United): $220,000
Michael Bracewell (Multan Sultans): $220,000
Kane Williamson (Karachi Kings): $220,000
Usama Mir (Multan Sultans): $220,000
Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Peshawar Zalmi): $220,000
Faheem Ashraf (Quetta Gladiators): $220,000
Finn Allen (Quetta Gladiators): $220,000
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Adam Milne (Karachi Kings): $220,000
Abbas Afridi (Karachi Kings): $220,000
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While the taste of beans and freshness of roast is paramount to the specialty coffee scene, so is sustainability and workers’ rights.
The bulk of genuine specialty coffee companies aim to improve on these elements in every stage of production via direct relationships with farmers. For instance, Mokha 1450 on Al Wasl Road strives to work predominantly with women-owned and -operated coffee organisations, including female farmers in the Sabree mountains of Yemen.
Because, as the boutique’s owner, Garfield Kerr, points out: “women represent over 90 per cent of the coffee value chain, but are woefully underrepresented in less than 10 per cent of ownership and management throughout the global coffee industry.”
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