MELBOURNE: Australian Vice Captain David Warner said Aussies might not have a team for the Ashes this winter if the pay dispute is not resolved.
Talking to The Age, the explosive opening batsman said, "If it gets to the extreme, they might not have a team for the Ashes. I really hope they can come to an agreement... we don't really want to see this panning out like that where we don't have a team, we don't have cricket in the Australian summer. It is up to CA to deal with the ACA. It's obviously in their hands.”
The players are prepared to forego a home Ashes series to preserve the fixed revenue-percentage model at the heart of the dispute between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association.
Warner informed that the players would turn to domestic Twenty20 tournaments if pushed out of contract.
All players were united in rejecting attempts to break up the foundation of the current MOU, he added.
"We want a fair share and the revenue-sharing model is what we want, so we are going to stick together until we get that. We are not going to shy away; we are just going to stick together," Warner said.
The Caribbean Premier League and the English T20 Blast loom as possible platforms for Australian players to bide their time in the second half of the year.
Under normal circumstances, CA must provide no-objection certificates for players to take part in overseas T20 leagues, but pushing players out of contract would open up the market not only in terms of competitions, but also the commercial and sponsorship rights of players.
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