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Fears mounting of Ashes boycott
Fears are mounting of a disastrous Ashes boycott after players took the extraordinary step of cancelling a tour as Australian cricket's bitter pay dispute intensified on Thursday.
Andrew Wu writes on cricket and AFL for The Sydney Morning Herald
Fears are mounting of a disastrous Ashes boycott after players took the extraordinary step of cancelling a tour as Australian cricket's bitter pay dispute intensified on Thursday.
The bitter pay dispute in Australian cricket has escalated further with the Australia A tour of South Africa officially cancelled on Thursday morning.
Players are prepared to give Cricket Australia as late as Friday to make genuine progress in pay talks and save the Australia A tour to South Africa.
Cricket's D-Day has arrived and James Sutherland remains the only man who can avert the biggest industrial crisis the game has seen since World Series.
Talk show king Alan Jones has weighed into cricket's industrial dispute, slamming Cricket Australia for their handling of pay negotiations with players.
The tour of Bangladesh has become a pawn in cricket's escalating pay dispute with players accusing Cricket Australia of "ignoring reality" by picking a squad without an agreement in place.
Channel Ten are confident they will be able to fulfil the final year of their deal to broadcast the Big Bash League and could yet remain in the frame to retain rights to the coveted tournament.
Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes Steve Smith can become the greatest Test captain this country has seen, tipping him to surpass the records of Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.
One of the most spiteful series in recent memory has ended in acrimony with India captain Virat Kohli declaring friendships have been lost while Steve Smith took aim at the Indian board for breaching an unwritten rule of the game.
Steve Smith says Australia have taken giant strides to slay their subcontinental demons despite their brave campaign in India ending with a heavy defeat in the deciding Test on Tuesday.
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