India, Australia, England, Pakistan and New Zealand five most dominating teams in last five years. All teams need a strong financial background to strengthen their cricket and development programs. BCCI is currently richest cricket boards in the world, control by Indian authorities. IPL and Ranji Trophy the two major domestic leagues key platforms where board generate revenue.
BCCI Revenue : $750 million :
Indian Premier League key reason why BCCI generating more revenue reports revealed back in 2018 and 2020 that shows that IPL brings $250m to $300m a season to the BCCI revenue system. Indian played cricket at home or out of the country generates more than $200m a year now days. One of the largest share to ICC revenue system comes from the BCCI.
- IPL Revenue – $500m+ (including tv rights, sponsorship deals, and ticket revenue)
- Cricket Series Revenue : $135m reported back 2023 December and Based on current Indian series it will reach to $250m In December 2024
Cricket Australia Revenue : $400 million :
The reported data for cricket Australia hint that (Cricket board of Australia) made revenue upto $475m a year. This include the new deal with television broadcasters and income generated from the Big Bash League. However, when we are talking about Australia cricket revenue, the most money board generated from their cricket team series.
- Big Bash League Revenue : $175m a year
- Cricket Series Revenue : $225m a year
ECB Revenue : $325 Million :
England and Wales cricket board third richest in the world. It is affiliated with International Cricket Council and European Cricket Council. The board generated revenue of £303m in year 2021-22 which include money from cricket series men’s and women’s. Mostly sponsored and tv rights deal play key role in the ECB revenue system, ECB hold contract with Sky Sports which will be ended back in 2024 which is worth of $265m. The tv rights contract bring $65m each year to the boards revenue.
- Cricket Series Revenue : $250m (including earnings of Ashes Series)
- County Cricket : $75m (Including sponsorships, tv rights and gateway income
PCB Revenue : $110 million :
May be for many cricket fans surprising that how Pakistan can be fourth richest board, since the cricket board PCB introduce their cricket league and increase their domestic cricket values, many sponsors back in Pakistan feel safe to ensure deals with them. The first two season of PSL wont bring many fans to the stadiums but after third things turn different almost 5-10k peoples normally attend matches which increase the tv rights money for PSL as well as gateway income generated from tickets.
- Pakistan Super League Revenue : $60m a year (2024)
- Cricket Series Revenue : $100m a year (2022-24)
How Much all Cricket Boards Earn from the Leagues & Series?
- The 7 members earns most India hold the strong hand with cricket series worth of $135m
- TV rights deal play key role most of the teams earn from their not mention in the table but including reported data for tv rights money boards earn a year included.
- India, Australia and England three richest cricket boards currently, Pakistan and Bangladesh close to catch but still they need strong financial sponsorship and tv rights deals.
- The rev model you can see in the table based on the current status of the teams and leagues held back in 2021-22. Further details of richest cricket board updated in the upcoming year 2024 and 2025.
- Pakistan and India might make more than any other cricket board, but both of them stop playing series against other and mostly prefer to play on neutral venues.
- Bangladesh Premier League play’s key role in the success of revenue of BCB cricket board each season tv channels and sponsorship deals increase the revenue of the league.
- Not all money goes to these boards, ICC assigned a revenue share model by which some equal share and most generated cricket boards revenue distributed.
| Countries | Boards | Revenue | Leagues Share | Series Share | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | BCCI | $535m | $500m+ | $250m | 2024-25 |
| Australia | Cricket Australia | $400m | $175m | $225m | 2024-25 |
| England | ECB | $325m | $75m (est) | $250m | 2024-25 |
| Pakistan | PCB | $110m | $60m | $50m | 2024-25 |
| New Zealand | NZCB | $60m | not reported | $15m (est) | 2024-25 |
| South Africa | CSB | $58m | $30m (2018-19) | $20m (est) | 2024-25 |
| Bangladesh | BCB | $50m | $30m (2018-23) | $50m (est) | 2024-25 |
| West Indies | WIB | $28m | $25m (2021-23) | $10m (est) | 2024-25 |
| Sri Lanka | SCB | $22m | $5m (2020-22) | $4m (est) | 2024-25 |
| Zimbabwe | ZCB | $20m | not reported | $3.5m (est) | 2024-25 |
| Ireland | Cricket Ireland | $10m | not reported | $3m (est) | 2024-25 |
| Scotland | Cricket Scotland | $10m | not reported | $3m (est) | 2024-25 |
| Afghanistan | ACB | $6m | $1.2m (2018-19) | $2.5m (est) | 2024-25 |
Further details based on cricket board revenues from the 2024-25 year updated here later. ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is next big tournament and before that each big nation going to host their T20 league which impact the revenue of cricket board IPL, PSL, Big Bash League are three big leagues to watch for in 2025. The data regarding to Cricket Boards earnings and professional money from TV deals, International tournament, ICC shares, and T20 leagues will be updated later for 2025.
