Threat of Australian players’ strike looms over upcoming England tour - Cricket News Roundup – Part 3 – June 14, 2012
The prospect of a players’ strike looms over the Australian team as they prepare to fly out to England for a limited-overs tour, with Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and the Australian Cricketers’ Association having failed to find common ground regarding the new
pay deal.
A new pay deal is expected to be finalised by June 30, when the Australian players’ old contracts expire, but the negotiations between the two parties so far have not yielded any results. Cricket Australia remain fixed on their offer, maintaining that it
will leave players richer by $80 million, while the ACA have taken issue with the board’s new performance-based method for calculating revenue.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 have spoken out in support of the players, and expressed their hope that a new deal will be signed by the deadline, in order to prevent players from resorting to a strike should their demands not be met.
A strike would mean that the team’s participation in the 5-match ODI series against the Poms, scheduled to begin on June 29, remains uncertain.
Kiwi batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 central contract last month.
The all-rounder declined a contract with NZC, citing personal issues as the reasons behind his decision. Ryder has struggled through well-publicised battles with alcohol addiction, having been suspended from the team earlier this year after a drunken altercation
with a bar patron in Napier.
However, he has confirmed that the break is only for the winter (for the purpose of dealing with personal issues), and he will be back to the team for coming season in summer.
“This was never about taking the year off and completely not doing cricket,'” he clarified. “... Once summer comes around, I love the game, so I'll be raring to go.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 has expressed his support for Kevin Pietersen’s desire to play in the upcoming World Cup T20, despite his having retired from international limited-overs cricket.
“The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 situation is really unfortunate. The England rules are that, once you don't play 50-over cricket, you can't play T20,” Gayle said in an interview with the
Sun. “If someone wants to retire from one, I don't see why he has to retire from the other. Kevin is a star player and he must know how much his body can take.”
Pietersen’s retirement from ODIs also automatically applies to T20, according to his contract with the ECB. The Player of the Tournament from the last World T20, the right-hander’s untimely exit deprives defending champions http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 of one of their best batsmen
as they prepare for the tournament scheduled for September this year in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
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