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Australia Cricket, Players’ Union End Pay Dispute

Melbourne(August 3, 2017): The dispute over wages between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association has ended.

An in-principle agreement has been signed after a final round of face-to-face negotiations in Melbourne.

The agreement was signed between Cricket Australia Chief Executive James Sutherland and players’ union chief Alistair Nicholson.

Australia’s top 230 players have effectively been unemployed since the last five-year agreement expired on June 30 and an “A” tour of South Africa has already fallen victim to the lockout.

Australia captain Steve Smith told that he was confident of a deal being brokered, but confirmed players would not travel to Bangladesh for a two-Test tour starting this month until the dispute was resolved.

Sutherland proposed taking the matter to binding arbitration if a deal was not struck by early this week.

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