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Cricket · Level 10

Professional

5 sub-levels · 25 tests · 250 facts · updated 12 October 2026

Level 10 is the landscape a professional cricketer actually lives in today, in detail. The ICC world events: the men's ODI World Cup edition by edition, the T20 World Cup from 2007, the Champions Trophy, and the World Test Championship with its two-year cycle and finals, with the hosts, winners and tournament records. The franchise circuit: the Indian Premier League and its auction, the Big Bash League, the Pakistan Super League, SA20, the ILT20, The Hundred, the Caribbean Premier League and Major League Cricket, and how the league windows fit the international calendar, salary caps and player retention. Domestic first-class cricket: the County Championship, the Sheffield Shield, the Ranji Trophy, the Plunket Shield and their peers, first-class cricket as the feeder to the Test side, and the place of List A and domestic T20. The professional's career: central contracts against franchise free agency, the draft and the auction, workload management and rotation, agents and the transfer market, the players' associations and FICA, and retirement into coaching or commentary. The women's game and the record book: the Women's ODI and T20 World Cups, the WPL and the WBBL, the professionalisation of the women's game in the 2020s, the leading players, and the all-time men's and women's record book. The axis is the professional game as it stands now, not the older history of the game (Level 9), the canon of players and matches (Level 7) or how the sport is governed (Level 6).

Sub-levels

Sub-level 10.1The ICC world eventsThis sub-level teaches the men's global calendar as it stands now — the ODI Cricket World Cup edition by edition (hosts, finalists, winners, format changes from 1975 to 2023); the men's T20 World Cup from 2007; the…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 10.2The franchise circuitThis sub-level teaches the Twenty20 franchise leagues that now shape the professional calendar — the Indian Premier League, its history since 2008, the mega-auction, retention and the salary cap; the Big Bash League…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 10.3Domestic first-class cricketThis sub-level teaches the multi-day domestic game that feeds the Test sides — the County Championship and its two divisions; the Sheffield Shield in Australia; the Ranji Trophy and India's domestic structure; the…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 10.4The professional's careerThis sub-level teaches the working structure of a modern playing career — central contracts and how boards grade and pay them; franchise free agency and the No Objection Certificate; the draft and the auction as…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 10.5The women's game and the record bookThis sub-level teaches the professional women's game as it stands now — the Women's ODI World Cup and the Women's T20 World Cup, hosts and winners; the WPL and the WBBL; the professionalisation and pay of the women's…5 tests · 50 facts

Written from

ICC and member-board material, ESPNcricinfo, the Wisden Almanack and the league and competition handbooks for the dates, hosts, winners, figures and structures. This is the competitive game as it stands now: a question about a current tournament, a franchise league, a domestic competition, a contract system or a standing record is in scope, a question about how the modern game came to be belongs to Level 9 and a question about who runs the game belongs to Level 6. Every question carries a specific source. Questions are authored from these sources, not reproduced from them.