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A concise look back at the events that led to the pay-dispute crisis between the Australian players and their cricket board

Daniel Brettig30-Jun-20173:46

What is the CA-ACA pay dispute?

November 11: MoU negotiations between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) formally begin in Melbourne, with a meeting between CA’s chairman David Peever and his opposite number Greg Dyer. The meeting was preluded by news that the ACA was chasing a more expansive definition of Australian Cricket Revenue – the agreed pool of money from which their payment has been drawn – to include digital revenue.December 7: Australia’s captain Steven Smith and deputy David Warner dine with CA board directors where the governing body’s desire to break up the revenue sharing model is discussed. It is an evening that begins a trend of CA trying to go around the ACA to deal directly with the players.December 12: CA sends its initial pay submission to the ACA and players, detailing plans to break up the revenue sharing model and offer fixed wages to domestic male and female players, while only offering surplus profits – capped at A$20 million – to international men (subsequently expanded to also include international women). A particular sticking point is the pregnancy policy for female players.December 19: CA suspends pay talks with the ACA after the pregnancy clause revelations, locking the players’ association’s negotiating team out of a scheduled meeting at the board’s Jolimont headquarters – this is the first major breakdown in pay talks between the two bodies in 20 years.December 22: Australia’s men’s and women’s captains Steven Smith and Meg Lanning write to the CA chief executive James Sutherland requesting that the board respects the ACA as the players’ collective bargaining agent and asking that they cease attempts to deal directly with individual players.December 27: Sutherland seeks to take some heat out of discussions by stating during the Boxing Day Test match against Pakistan that Australia’s players’ association and board have “more in common than not”.January 24: The ACA claims that it is not being offered substantial financial details on which to judge CA’s proposal and weigh it up against its own.March 5: Sutherland maintains CA’s desire to break up the revenue percentage model while visiting India for Australia’s Test tour.March 21: Players are presented with CA’s formal pay offer, which adds some detail and some adjustments to the December proposal but remains largely unchanged in its modelling and overall thrust, seeking to breakup the revenue sharing model and return wage control to the board. The offer also outlines what CA intends to do with the money raised by changing the model – expanding its media wing and investing in other new projects in addition to https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1087893.html” target=”_blank”>funding the grassroots.April 19: Tim May, the former ACA chief executive and an architect of the first revenue sharing MoU in 1998, challenges CA to provide a more substantial case for breaking up the model.April 27: CA’s head of cricket operations, Sean Cary, one of few board employees to work closely and consistently with the ACA, quits to take up a tennis job in the United States.May 11: Mitchell Starc insists that no Australian players will entertain contract negotiations until a new MoU is agreed upon, following revelations that CA’s team performance manager Pat Howard has offered multi-year deals to the top five players – Starc, Steven Smith, David Warner, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.May 12: Sutherland writes to his opposite number at the ACA Alistair Nicholson, criticising the ACA’s approach to negotiations and informs all players coming out of contract that they will be unemployed as of July 1. The ACA requests mediation to move pay talks forward after numerous rounds of fruitless meetings between the players’ association and the board.May 15: David Warner further inflames the dispute by saying CA might find itself without any players for the Ashes if the two parties cannot reach an agreement.May 17: CA’s chairman David Peever rejects the ACA’s request for mediation, stating that negotiations had not yet begun.May 18: The ACA unveils a contingency fund for players left out of pocket in the event of the pay dispute going beyond June 30.May 25: The ACA announces the foundation of The Cricketers Brand, a commercial wing of the association for the use of the players’ intellectual property, which passes out of the hands of CA beyond June 30 when the MoU expires.May 27-28: Peever rejects the ACA’s calls for mediation a second time as CA again attempts to deal directly with the players. Australia’s federal minister for sport, Greg Hunt, reveals the government
would be prepared to provide mediation for the two parties if the dispute were to threaten the Ashes.May 30: CA releases a video featuring lead negotiator Kevin Roberts explaining CA’s pay offer to players, with another released the following week. One of the graphics accompanying the video states that the Big Bash League lost A$33 million for CA over its first five years, a claim attacked by the ACA’s Simon Katich.June 8: Warner criticises CA for the release of the videos to players in the middle of their Champions Trophy campaign. Australia would be eliminated in the first round after a pair of washouts are followed by a loss to England.June 20: South Africa launches its new Twenty20 tournament and it is revealed that numerous Australian players, including internationals, have expressed interest in the event which will clash with the home season. At the same time it emerges that players have discussed playing exhibition matches should the dispute be lengthy.June 21: Following the announcement of the AFL’s pay deal with its players, the AFLPA chief executive and former ACA chief Paul Marsh criticises CA for endangering the international game. At the same time CA’s lead negotiator Roberts goes on a national roadshow to explain CA’s position to the players.June 23: CA offers a pair of concessions relative to its previous offer – increasing payments for domestic male players and also linking all players to the capped bonus system originally offered only to international players – at the same time as sending contract offers out to all players. The ACA, angered by the offers being sent out without an MoU, rejects the concessions.June 27: Players meet at an annual golf day in Sydney and implore CA’s chief executive James Sutherland to get directly involved in negotiations. Sutherland, who has kept at arm’s length from talks, arrives back in Melbourne from ICC meetings a day before the MoU expires.June 28: Players are sent a communique from the team performance manager Pat Howard outlining arrangements beyond the expiry of the MoU, including a warning that any players taking part in exhibition matches will be banned from the Ashes. Limited talks between the two parties go nowhere substantial.June 30: MoU deadline day arrives, and CA marks it by hardening its stance against the players, announcing that all money originally intended to be paid to out of contract players will instead be diverted to grassroots funding programmes until an MoU is agreed upon. This move enrages the players
further.

The USA Cricket Association is gearing up for a battle with the ICC over its current suspension, telling the international governing body in a letter sent on Thursday that it has “decided to take action” in response to ICC head of global development Tim A

Peter Della Penna11-Jun-2016The USA Cricket Association is gearing up for a battle with the ICC over its current suspension, telling the international governing body in a letter sent on Thursday that it has “decided to take action” in response to ICC head of global development Tim Anderson’s ultimatum. Anderson had stated that USACA has until December 15 to ratify a new constitution.A three-page letter was sent by USACA vice-president Owen Grey to Anderson dated June 9 in which Grey said he had been encouraged by the USACA members to fight back against the ICC’s suspension. Grey wrote that USACA had appointed its former executive secretary Kenwyn Williams to help the board in a legal capacity against the ICC, and that Williams would be their representative attending the ICC annual conference in Scotland later this month.”The members of USACA have mandated me to act to protect the organization from your unfair and obvious tactic to remove and replace the non-profit from its position as the responsible sports organization in the USA,” Grey wrote. “We have decided to retain Kenwyn S. Williams to advise us on a pathway to revitalization.”Mr. Williams will be tasked with rebuilding our credibility, restoring our public image and economic sustainability in anticipation of the ICC’s sustained suspension with constant threats to remove us in December 2016. Mr. Williams has experience in the areas of sport litigation and will be responsible for advocating and protecting all the rights of USACA.”Williams has worked in the past as a paralegal for Cooley LLP, an American law firm, but is no longer listed as part of their staff. He was suspended and eventually dismissed as the USACA secretary in 2012 after an infamous social media tirade. Following his removal, he attempted to sue USACA for $1.5 million, though the case was eventually thrown out in court.Grey also asserted that USACA is the established governing body for cricket in the USA and that any other group attempting to represent itself on behalf of US cricket is false. USACA claims such false representation includes the Sustainable Foundation advisory group designated by the ICC to form a new constitution.The 10-person group, which met in Colorado Springs along with US Olympic Committee officials last weekend, includes current USACA board member Linden Dodson from New York, who was pictured standing next to Anderson during a group photo. However, Grey said “putting together a group of individuals that have a negative opinion of the organization and whose main goal is to replace the non-profit is tantamount to retaliation,” while Grey made further claims that such actions have harmed USACA in various ways.”Your false manifestations over the past months have caused serious damage to USACA’s financial structure, membership, umpires and other stakeholders involved in developing cricket,” Grey wrote. “You continue to represent that the ICC’s Reinstatement conditions are the central reasons for USACA’s suspension whilst you continue to defraud the organization of its ability to function and gain financial independence.”USACA has been a partner of the ICC since 1965, more than 50 years. In that time frame, the ICC has subjected not only USACA but all of its members to a meager share of profits. The ICC has deprived USACA’s past and future revenue by its detrimental actions. The wider cricket community which you cite do not support your scheme and the USACA membership has decided to take action.”Grey also described the decision to hire new ICC Americas staff and the process of moving the regional office from Toronto to Colorado Springs as “another farce” while denouncing the ICC for not having any American citizens on its staff but instead “more ex-pats from Australia or New Zealand – a trend that you seem to continue since forcing USACA to accept Darren Beazley as CEO of USACA.”ESPNcricinfo contacted the ICC staff regarding Grey’s letter to Anderson but a representative declined to comment.

With Australia retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy after the first Test, the best West Indies can hope for is to level the series 1-1, but that would require their first Test victory against Australia in 12 years

The Preview by Brydon Coverdale10-Jun-2015

Match facts

June 11-15, 2015
Start time 10am local (1500 GMT)1:22

WI target first Test win against Australia since 2003

Big Picture

After three days of Test cricket, this series is half over. Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy in Dominica, where the highlight was an unbeaten hundred on debut from Adam Voges. Their fielding was sharp and their bowling solid, but it was still far from their most clinical performance. The reliance on the lower order to bail them out of a batting slump was again notable, as has often been the case over the past few years, and a little more steel from the West Indian batsmen could have made a real contest of it. Again Australia will be without opener Chris Rogers, who is still feeling the effects of concussion after being struck on the helmet during training ahead of the first Test.The best West Indies can now hope for is to level the series 1-1, but that would require their first victory against Australia in a Test for 12 years. The second-innings 70 scored by debutant Shane Dowrich was encouraging for West Indies, as was the six-wicket haul from Devendra Bishoo, but overall it was an inconsistent and dissatisfying performance. They were sloppy in the field and the shot selection of several batsmen frustrated the coach Phil Simmons. Now they move on to Sabina Park in Jamaica, where spin has been an effective weapon in first-class cricket this year and they will hope Bishoo again troubles the Australians.

Form guide

(last five matches, most recent first)
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Australia WDDWWWith Chris Rogers ruled out, Shaun Marsh will have another opportunity to boost his chances of retaining his place in the side for the Ashes•WICB Media/Adriel Richard

In the spotlight

It is common to see Steven Smith dance down the pitch to spinners, but very rare to see him deceived in doing so. When Devendra Bishoo turned one past Smith’s bat in the first innings in Roseau, it was just the second time in a 125-innings first-class career that Smith had been out stumped. Equally impressive was Bishoo’s legbreak that clipped the top of Brad Haddin’s off stump. They were the two highlights of Bishoo’s 6 for 80, and given Australia’s susceptibility to quality spin, he will again be a key man in Jamaica. “He’s getting back to where he was when he became ICC Young Player of the Year,” coach Phil Simmons said of Bishoo, who in April returned to Test cricket after a three-year absence.A second Test without Chris Rogers will lead to a second opening chance for Shaun Marsh, who would otherwise have expected to bat at No.5 in this series. But the success of Adam Voges on debut might also mean Marsh is also playing for his place in the side come the first Ashes Test next month, for it is hard to see Rogers being left out in the familiar English conditions. Marsh’s best scores during the home Test summer were 99 and 73 and although he has been a useful contributor, he may need a big score to encourage the selectors to stick with him.

Team news

Kemar Roach, Rajindra Chandrika and Veerasammy Permaul are the three men in the squad who missed out in the first Test. Despite losing in three days, West Indies might retain the same XI.West Indies (possible) 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 Shai Hope, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Shane Dowrich, 5 Marlon Samuels, 6 Jermaine Blackwood, 7 Denesh Ramdin (capt & wk), 8 Jason Holder, 9 Jerome Taylor, 10 Devendra Bishoo, 11 Shannon GabrielWith Rogers still unavailable, Australia are unlikely to make any changes unless the pitch looks like a raging turner.Australia (possible) 1 David Warner, 2 Shaun Marsh, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 Adam Voges, 6 Shane Watson, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

Pitch and conditions

Sabina Park has provided plenty of wickets for the spinners in first-class cricket this year, including an eight-wicket haul from Barbados left-armer Jomel Warrican. However, the teams will wait to see what they are faced with come the morning of the Test.

Stats and trivia

• Bishoo’s 6 for 80 in Roseau were the best Test figures ever achieved by a West Indian legspinner
• At 35, Adam Voges last week became the oldest man to score a century on Test debut. The previous record was held by Zimbabwe’s David Houghton, and the oldest Australian had been then 32-year-old Herbie Collins in 1920
• Only two members of Australia’s side have played a Test in Jamaica: Mitchell Johnson and Brad Haddin, who was on debut when they last played there in 2008

Quotes

“The next step is … making sure that our shot selection is a lot better and our catching is a lot better. I think those are the two areas we need to make sure we get better.”

North Zone captain Shikhar Dhawan, with a ton, led his side to a bright start on the first day of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final in Chennai

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Oct-2012
ScorecardShikhar Dhawan’s century ensured North Zone’s positive start in the Duleep Trophy quarter-final in Chennai•K Sivaraman

North Zone captain Shikhar Dhawan, with a ton, led his side to a bright start on the first day of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final in Chennai. Following scores of 99*, 152 and 61 in the Challenger Trophy, he scored 101 here in an opening stand of 164. His partner Rahul Dewan scored a half-century, as the duo weren’t separated till the 58th over of the day to lay the base for a strong first-innings total. West Zone ended with three wickets – the openers and Sunny Singh, who fell four short of a half-century in the final over of the day.Fifteen boundaries in Dhawan’s innings boosted his strike-rate to 56, the highest among all batsmen. His departure – he was stumped off offspinner Kamlesh Makwana – was followed by his partner Dewan’s dismissal, also off the same bowler, seven overs later. A third-wicket stand of 76 between Sunny Singh and Nitin Saini looked to see them through to the close before Singh was caught behind in the 90th over, as the day ended.Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh, who was part of the India Under-19 squad that won the World Cup in Australia, was the most expensive of all the bowlers, with an economy rate of 4.16 in his 18 overs.

Anurag Thakur, the president of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, has said that the BCCI welcomes the sports bill proposed by the Indian government but objects to a few clauses

Tariq Engineer10-Sep-2011Anurag Thakur, the president of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, has said that the BCCI welcomes the sports bill proposed by the Indian government but objects to a few clauses. The provisions that Thakur said were unacceptable are those that specify term limits for office bearers, require at least 25% of elected representatives to be former players and bring all national sports federations under the Right to Information Act, which would essentially require the board to divulge operational information to anyone who files a legitimate request.Thakur said that the BCCI already limits terms for its president and office bearers to three years, which is a significantly shorter period than the bill’s limit of 12 years. He also said the accounts of the board are available online and that “we we work in a very transparent and effective manner”. [Ed’s note: The BCCI’s website has a link to its annual report which says “coming soon” and currently there are no sets of accounts available on its website.]”The BCCI is the most professionally-run sports organisation in the world, especially in India,” Thakur said. “And we have taken cricket to new heights … (As for) the issue of RTI, as per the Chief Information Commissioner, he has very clearly stated in the Supreme Court that BCCI doesn’t fall under the category of RTI. So I think if the government makes some changes to the RTI Act, then only we will come under it.”One of the potential drawbacks of falling under the RTI Act, according to Thakur, was that it could get in the way of the day-to-day operations of the BCCI if the board is forced to respond to requests about selections issues and scheduling. “The BCCI is an autonomous body and there should not be government interference.”On the subject of reservations for former players, Thakur pointed out that a number of former players are already in executive positions, such as Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, the president and secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, and Shivlal Yadav, the vice-president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. “On the technical committee and selection committee (of the BCCI), we have only cricketers and umpires,” Thakur said.

Cricinfo looks ahead to the three-match ODI series between India and Australia

The Preview by Sriram Veera16-Oct-2010

Match Facts

Sunday, October 17, Kochi

Start time 9:00 am (0330 GMT)Michael Clarke had a poor Test series. Will the ODIs bring a change in his fortunes?•Getty Images

The Big Picture

Michael Clarke will lead Australia in the ODIs, and he’ll feel the pressure. There has been an intense debate in Australia about the future, including captaincy. There appear to be three camps: Ponting loyalists, Clarke aficionados and the anyone-but-Clarke club. The third should worry Clarke. His poor performance in the Tests this tour has added more fuel to critics who believe Clarke rarely performs when the team needs it. Australian captains have been tough; Clarke is seen as a bit of a show pony by his critics. This three-match series will give him another opportunity to silence them.In India, there is no such debate. There are those who put MS Dhoni’s success down to luck but they haven’t reached a critical mass. And even they can’t put forward an alternative name for captain. Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar put it thus: “Dhoni is a guy who does things that are supposed to be done and leaves the rest to fate. He doesn’t try to control everything. That is his greatest strength.”The series will be a contest between two men – one itching to prove that he is the man for the future, and one whose future in the pantheon of successful Indian captains is already secure. If only the weather allows them. Australia haven’t been able to practice in Kochi, the venue of the first ODI. Their players, during this time, have been tweeting about spending their time in the gym and wishing the rain would stop.

Form guide

(most recent first)
India LWLWL
Australia WWLLL

Watch out for…

Just when Callum Ferguson was establishing himself in the ODI line-up and looking ahead to securing a place in the Tests, he twisted his knee in the Champions Trophy final and had to sit out for a while. The Champions League, the Twenty20 tournament in South Africa, was his comeback and he starred with two half-centuries, finishing fifth on the tournament run tally. The best thing going for him is that there seems to be almost no one in Australia who doesn’t rate him highly. This ODI series should help him kick-start his ambitions and others’ hopes.R Ashwin’s time has surely come. A stable head, calm temperament and rapidly developing skill-set puts him right up there in the reckoning for a spot in the playing XI. The all-round development has been visible: He developed a carrom ball and has now honed it to perfection, he uses the crease more intelligently and has already developed a reputation of bowling in the Powerplays. His development hasn’t gone unnoticed. “He is used to bowling in the Powerplays. He is an aggressive bowler, he has the variety and he is always ready to bowl whenever you throw the ball to him,” Dhoni said at the end of the Champions League. “He wants to perform; he has grown as a player over the last three IPLs.”

Team news

Shikhar Dhawan, the only surprise call-up in the Indian squad for the series, is likely to make his ODI debut.India (probable): 1 M Vijay, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Virat Kohli/Rohit Sharma, 6 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Munaf Patel.Doug Bollinger is the senior-most fast bowler in the squad but is yet to fully recover from the abdominal strain that ruled him out of the Bangalore Test. He hasn’t bowled since picking up the injury and it remains to be seen whether he will be fit for Sunday’s match. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc could make his debut in case Bollinger misses out.Australia (probable) 1 David Warner, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Michael Clarke (capt), 4 Shaun Marsh/Callum Ferguson, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Cameron White, 7 Steve Smith, 8 James Hopes, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Clint McKay, 11 Doug Bollinger/Mitchell Starc.

Pitch and conditions

The unrelenting rain has put the first ODI under threat. We have to wait and watch whether it will clear up in time to allow some play. The consistent rain has affected the pitch preparations and it will be interesting to see how it plays.

Stats and trivia

• India have a poor record of chasing against Australia: They have lost 34 games and won only 17 while batting second against them.
• MS Dhoni has 225 ODI dismissals as a wicketkeeper and stands sixth in the all-time list. He needs nine more dismissals to go past Ian Healy.
• Clarke averages 43.03 in ODIs but it dips against India: he averages 37.83 and has scored one hundred from 25 games against India. He averages 33.88 against the Indians in Australia while it jumps marginally to 38.57 in Indian conditions.
  

  Quotes

  “Boys are just looking at some video footage of the Indian players.”
  
  “We need this rain to stop asap … I am very frustrated.”