Cricket Australia is on the verge of agreeing a new pay deal with the players’ union, ending a long impasse and avoiding the need for arbitration. A CA spokesman said on Wednesday that negotiations had advanced to the “final details” after days of lengthy talks with the Australian Cricketers’ Association. Australia’s top 230 players have effectively been unemployed since the last five-year agreement expired on June 30 and an A tour of South Africa has already fallen victim to the lockout. David
Billy Butler Womens Jersey Warner criticises Cricket Australia's handling of pay dispute Read more Australia captain Steve Smith said on Tuesday he was confident of a deal being brokered, but confirmed players would not travel to Bangladesh for a two-Test tour starting this month until the dispute was resolved. “I’d like to, but as we’ve said for a long time we need to get the deal done first,” Smith told Fox Sports. “I don’t think it would be fair for us to go away after the [Australia] A guys were very strong on not going away on their tour, for us to then go away I don’t think that’s fair. “CA know this, they’ve been told this. I told [CA’s executive general manager team performance] Pat Howard personally that this was how things were going to be if there wasn’t a deal done.” The dispute revolves around CA’s scrapping of the two-decade-old revenue share model, by which players get a fixed share of the organisation’s annual revenue, in the new pay deal. CA chief executive James Sutherland proposed taking the matter to binding arbitration if a deal was not struck by early this week. “It’s had some difficult moments,” Smith said of the negotiations. “When this is all over with, I have to deal with Pat Howard, I have to deal with the [CA] board and speak to James Sutherland so I have to be careful with what sort of lines I tread. Advertisement “Talking to the two parties and trying to figure out what each of them want
http://www.officialathleticshop.com/authentic-27-catfish-hunter-jersey.html and the best way forward. It’s been a long process and hopefully it comes to a close soon.” Smith has been vocal in his defence of the revenue sharing model that has shaped players’ salaries since the first MoU was brokered 20 years ago but his approach has been notably contrasting to that of vice-captain David Warner. Both have made the point in private and public and both have supported the ACA but Smith has struck a conciliatory tone and rarely made headlines, while Warner has repeatedly attacked his employers in both traditional and social media. There will be some frank conversations when Howard next speaks with the Test squad, most likely in Darwin during the training camp that starts next week. But Smith said Warner has nothing to fear regarding potential retribution from Howard and Sutherland. The Recap: sign up for the best of the Guardian's sport coverage Read more “No, I think he’ll be OK,” Smith told Fox Sports. “Obviously he’s been very vocal and he’s supported the ACA through this whole thing and he’s been great. Some guys have been really vocal on social media.” Smith added he had to be “careful” given his working relationship with both CA and ACA officials. “The way
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Orlando Cepeda Authentic Jersey time for trust to be restored. “If there’s been any damage it can be repaired,” Smith said. “There’s obviously been some arguments amid trying to get a resolution. We’re just looking forward to it coming to a close and getting out there and playing some cricket
