The dispute between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association over the next MoU, which defines the pay structures for players in the country, became a stand-off with nearly 230 cricketers out of a contract, and tours by Australian teams, including the Ashes, having come under a cloud. At the core of the dispute was CA’s desire to break up the fixed revenue percentage model, which had been a part of all agreements with the ACA since 1998, an arrangement the players’ body was keen to continue.
2017
August 3
News – Cricket Australia and players finally reach pay deal
Video – Pleased to be announcing stability for the game – Sutherland
August 1
News – Smith says Bangladesh tour depends on MoU
July 31
News – CA board to decide on pay war’s end
July 30
News – Players ‘would be silly’ to say no to arbitration – Clarke
Video – ‘Just play, leave arbitration to ACA’
July 27
News – CA proposes arbitration to resolve pay dispute
Video – Brettig: CA under pressure from lot of sectors
Video – ‘ACA proposal jeopardises future tours’ – Sutherland
July 24
News – Players endorse compromise amid further CEO talks
July 23
News – Sutherland, Nicholson in ‘productive’ talks
July 22
News – Australia players offer A$30 million to grassroots
July 21
News – CA-ACA MoU compromise falls over
July 19
News – Pay war damage already done – Johnson
July 15
News – CA-ACA talks bring MoU closer
July 12
News – Sutherland, Nicholson in marathon meeting
News – Chairman Peever reiterates divide between CA and ACA
July 11
News – Mark Taylor calls for MoU compromise
News – Out-of-contract Australian cricketers to get external funding boost
July 10
Feature – The collateral damage of the pay dispute
July 9
News – Steven Smith insists revenue sharing must stay
Ian Chappell – Why does Cricket Australia think first-class players are overpaid?
July 7
News – England won’t tour for Ashes unless pay dispute is resolved
Video – Dobell: Ashes cancellation would have catastrophic financial consequences
July 6
News – Players withdraw from Australia A tour
Video – Brettig: Tour withdrawal adds more pressure to a hot-tempered row
July 5
Feature – Nine launches Ashes amid pay fight
July 4
News – Clarke fears for team if pay dispute drags on
July 3
News – Sutherland refuses to intervene in pay dispute
July 2
News – Players won’t tour without MoU
News – Full list of resolutions passed at ACA meeting
June 30
Feature – How Australia’s pay dispute escalated
News – Australian players’ pay goes to grassroots after MoU expiry
Video – Chappell: No deal a PR disaster for players, CA
June 29
Daniel Brettig: James Sutherland’s greatest challenge?
June 28
News – CA warns of six-month bans for playing unsanctioned matches
Video – Australia players at risk of Ashes bans
June 27
News – Players press Sutherland to intervene in pay dispute
Video – Plenty of opportunities elsewhere – Watson
Press conference – We want Sutherland to be involved – Dyer
June 23
News – CA offers concessions, sends contracts
Video analysis – Brettig: CA’s contract offers bit of a blank sheet of paper
June 21
News – Australia pay fight endangers international game
Interview – ‘From a business standpoint it’s chaos’ – Paul Marsh
June 18
News – Players ‘won’t budge’ on revenue – Warner
Interview – Lockdown threat is real – Warner
Interview – Without MoU hard to walk on to a plane for Bangladesh – Warner
Interview Warner defends Smith silence in pay dispute
June 16
News – Australia pay talks crawling two weeks from deadline
June 9
News – Pay ‘summit’ option to resolve CA-ACA dispute
June 8
News – Warner criticises Cricket Australia for undermining Champions Trophy campaign
News – Australia women united on revenue share – Lanning
June 6
News – CA backs down from contract offer threat
June 4
News – Warner sounds Ashes warning to CA again
Feature – Australia’s pay dispute: where to from here?
June 1
News – Players offer flexibility on revenue share
May 31
News – Katich lashes CA over BBL $33 million loss claim
May 30
News – Australia players come face to face with CA bosses
May 28
News – Government may mediate CA-ACA dispute if Ashes threatened
News – Starc reiterates players’ faith in ACA
Press conference – Full support still behind ACA – Starc
May 27
News – CA rebuffs MoU meditation, writes to players
May 26
Video feature – What is the CA-ACA pay dispute?
May 25
News – Grassroots require major investment – Sutherland
May 24
News – Players set up standalone commercial arm
Press conference – ACA takes over players’ intellectual property
News – CA reconsidering players’ mediation request
News – Winning Champions Trophy will bolster our pay negotiations – Smith
Press conference – Smith hoping no delay in resolving pay dispute
Feature – When pay fall-outs lead to pull-outs
May 23
News – T20 leagues could eye ‘unemployed’ Australia players – ACA
May 22
Feature – Cricket Australia’s good business methods not always good sport
May 18
News – ACA unveils fund for ‘vulnerable’ women, domestic players
News – Lehmann sits on fence in pay dispute
May 17
News – Cricket Australia rejects ACA mediation request
May 16
Daniel Brettig: A long build-up of bad faith
May 15
News – Ashes on the line in pay dispute
Video analysis – Brettig: Pay dispute becoming increasingly ugly
May 14
News – Players considering striking since January – Taylor
May 13
News – Agree terms or CA won’t pay you – Sutherland
May 12
News – Players request mediation in CA pay dispute
May 11
News – No contract talks till MoU done – Starc
April 28
News – Players reject CA pay offer
April 20
Tim May – What’s wrong with revenue-sharing, CA?
April 19
News – May challenges CA over players’ pay offer
April 6
News – CA’s financial wishlist revealed
April 5
Video analysis – Brettig: Players want a significant say in financial matters
March 21
News – Australia players presented with CA pay offer
March 5
News – Players’ revenue percentage still in CA sights
February 15
News – Smith, Lanning intervened in pay talks
January 24
News – Players still chasing full CA finance records
2016
December 27
News – Sutherland extends olive branch to players
December 20
Daniel Brettig – How CA and the players’ association are drifting antagonistically apart
December 19
News – Australia player pay talks break down
December 10
News – Smith, Warner pivotal players in pay talks.
November 10
News – Players chase share of new revenue streams
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