AUSTRALIAN cricket is on the verge of the game's biggest split since Kerry Packer launched World Series Cricket 30 years ago.
Cricket Australia (CA) has responded angrily to 11 of the nation's top players - including captain Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist - signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to play in the Indian Premier League's Twenty20 tournament in April and May. A letter signed by chief executive James Sutherland warned the players that he will not grant consent for them to play in the ICC-sanctioned competition. He also claims that they signed the agreement without consulting their employer, Cricket Australia. >>> Read Complete news
In another news by Sydney Morning Herald, Adam Gilchrist insists Australia's cricketers are not trying to be "rebels" and will toe the company line when it comes to playing in the Indian Premier League.The Test vice-captain confirmed today he was one of about a dozen top-level players to receive a letter from Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland warning them against playing in next year's lucrative IPL Twenty20 tournament without CA's consent.
Gilchrist denied he or any other player was trying to bend the rules of their CA contract by signing a memorandum of understanding with the IPL, and insisted any such tournament would always come second to playing international cricket. Read complete news
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