MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) A last-minute settlement that could prevent hundreds of Australian cricketers from becoming unemployed – and potentially disrupt the Ashes later this year – appeared to be fading on Friday.
A Memorandum of Understanding between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) was set to expire at midnight Friday night.
The two parties remain deadlocked over the issue of revenue sharing and negotiations have stalled for months. There were no talks scheduled Friday between the parties, or for the weekend.
The next major development could occur on Sunday, when the ACA board and executive were set to hold a Sydney meeting and players planned to discuss their next steps in the stalemate.