Former Australia spinner Bob Holland dies at 70
Cricket | September 18, 2017 21:31 ISTHolland was the oldest man to make his test debut for Australia since Don Blackie and Bert Ironmonger who were selected in 1928 at the age of 46.
Holland was the oldest man to make his test debut for Australia since Don Blackie and Bert Ironmonger who were selected in 1928 at the age of 46.
About 230 of Australia's elite professional cricketers have effectively been unemployed since the previous pay deal expired on June 30 this year.
On Thursday, CA chief executive James Sutherland had called on the ACA to enter into a period of intense negotiations over coming days in order to resolve the ongoing pay dispute.
As per reports, the Australian players have agreed to attend the training camp in Darwin on August 10 but will not leave for Bangladesh a week later unless an agreement is reached with the board.
As of now, all the top Australian cricketers are "unemployed" as they have not yet agreed to the terms and conditions set by Cricket Australia in the 'Memorandum of Understanding' (MoU).
Australian players had opted to boycott the tour after Cricket Australia and Australia Cricket Association (ACA) failed to reach common grounds to resolve the dispute which led to Afghanistan accepting the offer to play in the series.
A two-test tour of Bangladesh scheduled to start in August remains in doubt, and the five-test Ashes series against England beginning in Brisbane in late November is also under threat.
Australia Cricketers' Association (ACA) said the players will be unavailable to tour to South Africa for the Australia A team without an agreed pay deal or new Memorandum of Understanding
Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) extended its support to the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) and its members in their pay dispute with Cricket Australia.
If the two parties are unable to agree on stop-gap measures, then more than 200 cricketers will technically be out of work on Saturday.
Australian captain Steve Smith took to social media to announce his engagement with partner Dani Willis in New York.
The CA has argued that it cannot increase the players' current salaries as more money is needed to fund the game at the grassroots.
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