Pay fight: Sayers joins cricket's blame game
An emotional Chadd Sayers blames Cricket Australia for the pay dispute but the game's governing body insists that is far from the truth.
Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
An emotional Chadd Sayers blames Cricket Australia for the pay dispute but the game's governing body insists that is far from the truth.
The indigenous cricket squads, announced on Tuesday, are also caught up in the ugly pay fight splitting players and the sport's governing body.
Australian vice-captain David Warner says the ugly pay fight with Cricket Australia means his 'workplace' no longer feels like family, ahead of a pivotal vote by players on Sunday.
When preliminary negotiations for a new pay deal between Cricket Australia and its players began in October, industry insiders tipped this one to be different. Even ugly.
You may remember West Indies allrounder Deandra Dottin from her sickening collision with teammate Laura Harris while fielding during a Women's Big Bash League match last summer.
Australian cricket is on the verge of crisis, with players fearing they will be unemployed come Saturday and having taken it as a personal affront that James Sutherland has refused to join pay discussions.
Cricket Australia chairman David Peever has welcomed Test cricket's latest additions, and says the new financial model for all nations is a "fair result".
Former Australian allrounder Tom Moody is one of the favourites to become coach of India after Anil Kumble stepped down because of an "untenable partnership" with captain Virat Kohli.
Australian spinner Steve O'Keefe quizzed chief selector Trevor Hohns over Ashton Agar's selection for the Test tour Bangladesh, such was his frustration at being dropped.
More than $500 million is expected to be gambled illegally on the Champions Trophy final between Pakistan and India on Sunday.
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