Pay war revs up as Starc signs with rival car sponsor
Fast bowler becomes first player to make provocative move against CA's protected sponsors.
Chris Barrett is a Sports Writer with The Sydney Morning Herald.
Fast bowler becomes first player to make provocative move against CA's protected sponsors.
Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat has revealed alternative plans are already being hatched to cover for the absence of an Australia A team for a series starting there next week.
Australia's cricketers will convene at a Sydney hotel on Sunday in one of the most extraordinary assemblies of players in years as Cricket Australia faces the prospect of watching stars' image rights be sold offshore next month.
A new curator will prepare the SCG wicket for a potentially deciding Ashes Test in January after the resignation of the long-serving Tom Parker.
As many players confront the prospect of being without a contract and an income come July 1 they have discussed the possibility of putting on games among themselves as soon as next month.
The tension between Cricket Australia and players has reached new heights.
Test captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were contacted individually in recent weeks with verbal offers of three-year deals.
The 32-year-old was fined $20,000 over his drunken antics at the after-party of the Steve Waugh Medal in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Cricket Australia is looking into an alleged incident involving James Pattinson which followed Victoria's historic third straight Sheffield Shield win last week.
Cricket Australia's promotion of next summer's Ashes could be jeopardised, leading players having a filmed an advertisement for the series that stands to be shelved unless a truce can be reached to settle the continuing industrial dispute.
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