{"id":11754,"date":"2012-06-22T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T09:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/cricket-australia-strike-player-deal-cut-central-contracts\/"},"modified":"2012-06-22T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T09:40:12","slug":"cricket-australia-strike-player-deal-cut-central-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-australia-strike-player-deal-cut-central-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Australia strike player deal, cut central contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

SYDNEY, June 22<\/span> (Reuters) – Cricket Australia have avoided
\nthe potential embarrassment of a strike by agreeing a new
\n‘memorandum of understanding’ with the players, albeit one which
\ncuts the number of centrally contracted players from 25 to 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

There had been rumblings about the possibility of a strike
\nduring protracted negotiations over the new deal, which
\ndetermines the proportion of Cricket Australia’s revenue that
\ngoes to the players.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The new deal, which was announced on Friday and will run for
\nfive years, features a reduction in the number of players
\ncontracted for the national team but an expansion of players
\ncontracted by each of the states from 15 to 20.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The national selectors will be able to add players to the
\nlist, which is expected to form the basis of Australia’s teams
\nin all three formats of the game, “as and when performance
\nwarrants”, chief selector John Inverarity said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The list of 17 players is brim full of talent, raw
\nenthusiasm and determination to enhance the performance and
\nreputation of Australian cricket,” he said in a news release.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“In addition, there are a number of very good and highly
\nregarded players who (we) have considerable faith in – and hopes
\nfor – who didn’t, on this occasion, ‘make the cut’ for the
\ncontract list of 17.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ed Cowan, George Bailey, Peter Forrest, Clint McKay, Dan
\nChristian and some others come readily to mind.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Batsman Bailey captained Australia’s Twenty20 side in two
\nmatches against India earlier this year and might have been
\nexpected to have won a contract given the World Cup in the
\nshortest form of the game takes place later this year.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

There were no major surprises in those contracted, although
\nformer captain Ricky Ponting and experienced wicketkeeper Brad
\nHaddin might be considered fortunate to still qualify for the
\nterms, which offer a basic salary of A$230,000 ($232,900).
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SYDNEY, June 22 (Reuters) – Cricket Australia have avoided the potential embarrassment of a strike by agreeing a new ‘memorandum of understanding’ with the players, albeit one which cuts the number of centrally contracted players from 25 to 17. There had been rumblings about the possibility of a strike during protracted negotiations over the new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-11754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}