CA And ACA Confirm Details Behind Cricket's New Pay Deal

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Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association have agreed in principle on a new pay deal, that will see cricketers contracted once again.

The ACA has retained the revenue-sharing model that CA wanted to be scrapped.

All players, male and female, will receive up to 30 per cent of the game’s revenue - around $500 million in the five-year period of the new Memorandum of Understanding.

Players will also be back paid to the start of July.

CA chief executive James Sutherland said both sides were happy with the outcome.

“The heads of agreement will restore much-needed certainty to the game of cricket. It will allow all players, state and international players, to be contracted immediately, and it will also allow the all-important tour of Bangladesh to go ahead as planned,” he said on Thursday.

“We also wanted to introduce a gender-equity pay model so that they can also pursue a career in cricket...the ACA and Cricket Australia are delighted to be genuine market leaders in this regard.

“Neither side has got everything that we wanted…(but) I think we’ve reached a good compromise.

“I’m very confident that by the time the first ball is bowled this summer, all of this will be well and truly behind us.”