Australian players are prepared to take pay cut for cricket's survival, reveals Tim Paine
Australiaâs Test captain Tim Paine says the Australian players certainly got to do a bit to make sure the game survives and remains really healthy for years to come. A pay cut for the top cricketers can be anticipated with Cricket Australia delaying annual contracts for both the national teams.
Australian cricketers might have to accept a pay cut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cricket Australia is preparing for the possibility of a severely-affected cricketing season for the national team. Australiaâs Test captain Tim Paine insisted that making financial sacrifices is a small thing in the current situation and they are prepared to do their bit. Paine added that certainly if they face pay cuts then theyâve certainly got to do their bit to make sure the game survives and remains really healthy for years to come.
âCertainly discussions will start happening in the next week or so. Certainly if things happen similar to whatâs happened to football and other sports, then weâve certainly got to do our bit to make sure the game survives and remains really healthy for years to come.âÂ
âIf it comes to that, Iâm sure thatâs something that the players will look at. But there are bigger issues going on around the world at the moment than how much our sportsmen are going to get paid. Thatâll be a small thing to us if that was to happen,â expressed Paine, reported Hindustan Times.
If Australiaâs side would have managed a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh in June Australia could have overtaken India in the World Test Championship ahead of the Border-Gavaskar series. But with the coronavirus outbreak forcing a cricket shutdown, the Bangladesh tour is now unlikely to go ahead.Â
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