The WI players are paid quite well...i think only the australian players are better compensated.

the problem witht he WI team is one of decipline(and skerrit is a problem here).....did you see the story where several of the players were seen out partying at 3am on a game night and skerris response was " im not intrested in hearing about it" for some reason he seems untouchable.
way back in 1991 (richardson had just taken over as captain) a player was telling me about the comming break down due to indicipline of the younger players.