The Ashes 2023 series promises to be an exciting, thoroughly contested one because of the form both the teams are in coming into the rubber.
Although Australia are the current Ashes holders, having hammered England 4-0 at home in the last series, the upcoming rubber promises to be a tough contest between two teams which are high on confidence: England on their Bazball success having won 11 matches and lost only 2 under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, while Australia are the reigning World Test Champions having defeated India in the WTC Final last week.
Both teams are filled with superstars and legends of the game who have toiled hard for over a decade at the highest level to earn their living. Some of them are amongst the richest players in the world.
Here are the top 3 richest players featuring in Ashes 2023:
Pat Cummins – $41 million
The Australia captain and spearhead fast bowler, Pat Cummins, is the richest cricketer among both sides in the Ashes Cup 2023.
Cummins’ net worth is estimated to be around a whopping $41 million, a reported by caknowledge.com. Being the captain of the ODI and Test team and an all-format player. Cummins’ annual salary is upward of $2 Million. The 30-year-old has also racked in big money from the IPL, including contracts worth INR 15.5 crore in IPL 2020 and 2021 and INR 7.25 crore in 2022.
Among his biggest brand endorsements are Gillette and New Balance. Cummins’ house in Westmead, Australia is learned to have been purchased for INR 20 crore!
With 221 wickets in 50 Test matches at an average of 21, Cummins is one of the best of his era. Cummins recently led Australia to the World Test Championship win.
Steve Smith – $30 million
Legendary batsman and undoubtedly the best Test batsman of his generation, Steve Smith has a net worth of $30 million, according to information on caknowledge.com.
The 34-year-old former Australia captain has been thriving at the highest level for a decade and was once the face of Australian cricket, and is annual salary is estimated to be over $3 Million. Smith’s biggest bucks in the IPL came through INR 12.5 crore contracts with RR in 2019 and 2020.
Hailed as the greatest Test batsman since Sir Don Bradman, Steve Smith goes into the Ashes with fond memories of the 2019 tour when he averaged over 100.
Mitchell Starc – $21 Million
One of the deadliest bowlers of his generation, Mitchell Starc has made great contributions to the Australian team in all three formats after making his debut in 2010. He has over 600 international wickets, including 310 wickets in Tests.
Despite being away from the IPL for a long time, Mitchell Starc has a bumper net worth of $21 Million. It is because Cricket Australia has payed him well to keep his body fit.
Ashes 2023 Squads:
England Squad: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson, Daniel Lawrence, Josh Tongue, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes
Australia Squad: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Todd Murphy, Josh Inglis, Matt Renshaw, Marcus Harris
