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The iconic Afro-Asia Cup is set for a possible revival, offering a rare chance for top players from Asia and Africa, including rivals India and Pakistan, to play together. Cricket fans eagerly anticipate stars like Babar Azam and Virat Kohli teaming up
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season got postponed on Tuesday due to rising number of Covid-19 cases and as a result, the Australian contingent that had come to India is now stranded and their only hope of entering Australia lies in the travel ban being lifted after May 15.
The Australian Cricketer's Association (ACA) has questioned "a number of glaring and clear anomalies" in the process leading to Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft being handed lengthy bans for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal.
The major reason behind the ACA`s opposition is CA`s proposal to scrap a shared revenue model for player payments, which has been in place for nearly 20 years.
CA chief executive James Sutherland upped the ante on Thursday when he said unless intensive talks over the next few days produced a compromise, his organisation would seek the intervention of an industrial umpire to end the impasse.
Around 230 players have been effectively unemployed since the previous five-year MOU expired at the end of last month.
As of now, all the top Australian cricketers are "unemployed" as they have not yet agreed to the terms and conditions set by CA in the 'Memorandum of Understanding' (MoU).
Australia`s "A" tour of South Africa has fallen victim to the drawn-out pay dispute with the squad deciding not to travel in the absence of a revised deal.
He then shifted focus on Women's cricket saying that it should also get bigger and that they should also get similar opportunities and incentives as that of men. He thus desires both men and women cricketers to fall under one deal.
The ACA said it had been instructed by Australia's male and female cricketers to seek emergency mediation to "ensure every avenue is explored to avoid the post-June 30 cliff".
Arun Kumar will be new General Secretary while V Durga Prasad as the joint secretary.
The crowd will include about 5,000 school children who will be brought from different parts of the city.
After Steve Smith's dismissal in the first Twenty20 International against India at Adelaide, Channel Nine came under fire, with many accusing the broadcasters of being responsible for the batsman losing his wicket.
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