Cricket
The previous agreement between Cricket Australia and the country's leading players expired on Friday, and no new deal has been struck.
Updated : Sep 05, 2017, 12:02 AM IST
Australia vice captain David Warner feels that the ugly pay dispute between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) means his 'workplace' no longer feels like family. Top cricketers of Australia are effectively unemployed after a deadline for them to agree new pay and conditions passed without resolution on June 30. The previous agreement between Cricket Australia and the country's leading players expired on Friday, and no new deal has been struck.
"I may be unemployed but I still have the support and backing from this amazing lady," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Warner as saying in reference to wife, Candice. "Family is everything to me. I thought the same about my old workplace but I guess I was wrong."
The Australian cricketers have also shown a sense of humour regarding the entire situation. Here is some of the banter that's been happening on Twitter:
On another note I have some lawns that need mowing if @davidwarner31 needs any work while he's up on the GC... #ratherseehiminbaggygreen
— kiki d (@kiki5_0) July 1, 2017
Haha thanks buddy. I am sure jim's mowing would be better than me. https://t.co/9Pd8VILE4G
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) July 1, 2017
This is outstanding . Love the humour. @Uz_Khawaja can you help me . https://t.co/jr8Foj7Oz9
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) July 1, 2017
Just got 'champed' and it's only been 1 day
— Adam Zampa (@zamps63) July 1, 2017
Bahahhahah that's the best. @zamps63 https://t.co/lgHER3qqjW
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) July 1, 2017
Just checking my options... #seek #unemployed #imavailable #cricket https://t.co/z4WjGyvMGg
— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) July 1, 2017
I'm hoping that @CricketAus and @ACA_Players can find a solution in these MOU talks.
— Jason Gillespie (@dizzy259) July 1, 2017
If 'A' tour doesn't go ahead, gonna need to find a job!
Thought I'd better give another profession a go... #unemployed
— Mitch Starc (@mstarc56) July 1, 2017
Celtic Manor yet to disappoint..… https://t.co/9q9u9HYJUQ
Even though we're now unemployed, I thought it would be a good idea to keep working on my slog… https://t.co/2bqn4gY8lO
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) July 1, 2017
I can do my first skydive this weekend woohooo @Gmaxi_32 https://t.co/UQVSer6TyJ
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) July 1, 2017
Now that I am unemployed I may try this one tomorrow . candywarner1 https://t.co/8o6gWmRQFR
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
@davidwarner31 how much KFC you gonna get stuck into tomorrow?
— Matt Johns (@johns_matthew) June 30, 2017
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
@davidwarner31 Love from India mate. Hope things get sorted soon. We Indians love to see Superstars playing against us And you're one such!
— Vaibhav Seshanand (@whybow) June 30, 2017
We appreciate all your support from India. https://t.co/nd35bzmX3a
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
@davidwarner31 Skipper, get into IPL as local player . You will get at least 15 Cr in auction.
— K D Reddy (@BeingKDR) June 30, 2017
that's clever. https://t.co/ZsxIXxKAT5
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
True sport. You are a champion for all the right reasons!
— Amar Bantwal (@AmarBantwal) June 30, 2017
Thanks we appreciate the support. We are all in same boat we can't believe they would do this. https://t.co/L1SNE6Ngsv
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
@davidwarner31 any of your quicks need a game? Can take the new nut (uphill, into wind). Nets on Tuesdays. #gotenoughbatsmen
— LBVCC (@lbvcricketclub) June 30, 2017
Thanks buddy. It's a sad day for cricket https://t.co/ghZX6JxwHP
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
@davidwarner31 if you're on the lookout for a job these days my lawns could do with a bit of a cut, I'll pay you $60. Hope that helps
— Blair neill (@Bneill373) June 30, 2017
Haha thanks mate. https://t.co/kd44Gkl8nj
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
@davidwarner31 it's unbelievable to be in this position, fans are with the players no matter what
— deano (@deank88) June 30, 2017
Thanks Deano we appreciate the support. We will continue to get what's fair. #fairshare https://t.co/lsHTCzO2jA
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
Thanks to our fans for all your support. You can now see first hand what we have to deal with. #fairshare
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) June 30, 2017
Players and the ACA executive, led by president Greg Dyer and chief Alistair Nicholson, will on Sunday hold an emergency meeting in Sydney where several issues will be discussed. Players and their agents have already indicated that the upcoming Australia A tour of South Africa might not go ahead, while Australia's two-Test tour to Bangladesh is also most likely to be scrapped unless there is a significant breakthrough between the two bodies.
If a deal cannot be struck in the days to come, it places this winter's much anticipated Ashes series in doubt. Players, having central contracts and state players without multi-year deals, have been left unemployed after the deadline for a new MoU was not brokered by June 30. Players were due to be paid next on July 15. More than 200 leading cricketers are affected by the dispute between CA and the ACA.
ACA had earlier rejected the new pay offer from the game's governing body, saying the proposal will be a win for cricket administrators but a loss for the game. In March, CA made an offer, proposing that the average pay of Australia's international women's players would rise from $A79,000 to $A179,000, while the average remuneration of state cricketers would more than double to $A52,000.
Under CA's proposal, only male international players would have the chance to share in any surplus revenue, while other domestic male players and women at both domestic and international level would have to settle for fixed amounts which would not fluctuate according to the game's income.
However, the ACA pointed out a series of concerns with the proposal, saying that it "disrespects the value of domestic cricketers and the role they play in Australian cricket". The major reason behind the ACA's opposition is CA's proposal to scrap a shared revenue model for player payments, which has been in place for nearly 20 years. Cricket Australia had in May threatened that players would not be paid beyond June 30, the date of expiry of their current five-year financial deal, if they don't accept the governing body's new proposed offer.
(Inputs from ANI)