Complex sentence: If a child's cricket ball went over the fence, the men in the compound did not return that ball; instead they paid the child 100--150 Pakistani rupees (about US $2--3), many times the value of the ball.
Split into simpler sentences: If a child's cricket ball went over the fence, the men in the compound did not return that ball. Instead they paid the child 100-150 Pakistani rupees (about US $2-3), many times the value of the ball.