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Andrew Wu

Andrew Wu writes on cricket and AFL for The Sydney Morning Herald

Angry missive: Cricket Australia chairman David Peever.

Cricketers hit back at Peever comments

Australia's players have hit back at Cricket Australia chairman David Peever's angry comments as the game's warring parties start the long road to resolving the ugly pay dispute.

Compromise: Former Test legend and Cricket Australia board member Mark Taylor.

Taylor calls for compromise to end pay war

Cricket Australia director Mark Taylor has called on both sides in the bitter pay war to reach a compromise as a former Test great declared the ongoing dispute as a "plague on both their houses".

Fears: An Ashes boycott would be a disastrous consequence of Australian cricket's pay dispute.

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.