Cricket: Steve Smith sent a scare through the Australian World Cup squad after being struck in the nets.
Smith struck as Head pushes for return | 00:25England cricket officials have taken a bold step into the new world by handing out multi-year deals to 18 players to ward off year-round, big-money franchise contracts being offered to star players.
Eight leading Australian Test stars, including Pat Cummins and Marnus Labuschagne, have multi-year contracts with CA but more requests were denied, predominantly from white-ball stars. The move was sparked by a $600,000 offer to paceman Mark Wood, who received a three-year-deal, to play T20 cricket in the United Arab Emirates.“That all the time they had the retainer, players wouldn’t choose franchise cricket over a central contract.
He said the ACA wanted to ensure that playing for Australia remained the No.1 priority for all players but said the next generation might see things differently.
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