“The ECB are continuing to prepare for the Ashes as planned”
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that unless the ongoing pay dispute in Australia is resolved, they won’t send the Test team Down Under for the Ashes in November.
“Players who participate in disapproved cricket (e.g. exhibition matches) are not permitted to participate in ICC approved cricket for a minimum of six months thereafter”
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Cricket Australia has issued a warning to the players, saying that they could be hit with a six-month ban if they opt to take part in any matches or tournaments without the board’s approval.
“My gut feeling is probably hit and miss for security reasons (and) MoU reasons”
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Former Australia opener Ed Cowan has said that the ongoing pay dispute between the players and Cricket Australia could have huge ramifications if a deal is not struck by the June 30 deadline.
“If CA want to try and help us win I think they wouldn’t be releasing videos like that”
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Australia opener David Warner has lashed out at Cricket Australia for releasing a video in which they ask the players to give up the revenue sharing payment model.
Gilchrist initially had doubts about Twenty20 cricket
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Legendary Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has admitted that he wasn’t sold on the idea of Twenty20 cricket when it was first introduced.
“If we are unemployed we have no contracts, we can’t play”
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Australia opener and Test vice-captain David Warner has once again warned Cricket Australia that the national team will boycott the Ashes if the ongoing pay dispute continues.
“I’m not even aware of it”
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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary has described reports of a simmering dispute between the national team and head coach Anil Kumble as a “realm of imagination”.
“These are the big tournaments and the ones you really want to win”
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The Australian players may be embroiled in a pay dispute with Cricket Australia, but captain Steve Smith has said that his side are focused on the Champions Trophy.
“The claims that CA has managed to lose money on the biggest success story in world cricket must be independently investigated”
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Former Australia opener Simon Katich has lambasted Cricket Australia after they announced a loss of A$33 million over the first five years of the Big Bash League (BBL).
India won the last edition of the Champions Trophy in 2013
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Former Australia captain Ian Chappell feels that South Africa, Australia, England and India are the four frontrunners to win the Champions Trophy next month.
