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Australia commits full-strength squad to Champions Trophy
Melbourne, Aug 22: Australia will send a full-strength squad to next month`s ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka after the International Cricket Council and the players made concessions in a dispute that threatened to split the game.
Melbourne, Aug 22: Australia will send a
full-strength squad to next month's ICC Champions Trophy in
Sri Lanka after the International Cricket Council and the
players made concessions in a dispute that threatened to split
the game.
The 14 Australians selected for the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka agreed to sign a participation contract, subject to the ICC formally agreeing to consult with players before concluding future commercial arrangements, the Australian Cricket Board announced today. But the threat of boycotts by Indian and England players still hangs over the champions trophy and next year's World Cup in South Africa is also under threat due to the ICC restrictions on player endorsements during major events.
The union representing the Aussies, the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA), helped devise a resolution between the players and the ACB that will be sent to all other national associations as a possible benchmark.
Only the New Zealand and Pakistan teams and certain Zimbabwean players had agreed to the same terms as the Australians. The ICC signed a multimillion dollar commercial agreement that required all players to sign contracts preventing them from promoting sponsors which rival the governing body's sponsors for a month either side of its premier tournaments.
"It made the players pretty frustrated and angry," ACA chief executive Tim May said. The ICC "has got to consult with players before selling their rights."
Bureau Report
The 14 Australians selected for the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka agreed to sign a participation contract, subject to the ICC formally agreeing to consult with players before concluding future commercial arrangements, the Australian Cricket Board announced today. But the threat of boycotts by Indian and England players still hangs over the champions trophy and next year's World Cup in South Africa is also under threat due to the ICC restrictions on player endorsements during major events.
The union representing the Aussies, the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA), helped devise a resolution between the players and the ACB that will be sent to all other national associations as a possible benchmark.
Only the New Zealand and Pakistan teams and certain Zimbabwean players had agreed to the same terms as the Australians. The ICC signed a multimillion dollar commercial agreement that required all players to sign contracts preventing them from promoting sponsors which rival the governing body's sponsors for a month either side of its premier tournaments.
"It made the players pretty frustrated and angry," ACA chief executive Tim May said. The ICC "has got to consult with players before selling their rights."
Bureau Report