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David Warner\u2019s dizzying January 2024 will herald an era of club versus country for cricket, as Cricket Australia\u2019s chiefs admitted not all series can be prioritised equally.<\/p>\n
A new phase in player-governing body relationships was set out by CA\u2019s chair Mike Baird and chief executive Nick Hockley at the board\u2019s AGM on Melbourne on Thursday, based on trust and flexibility built into the new pay deal with the Australian Cricketers Association. Warner exemplifies this.<\/p>\n
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David Warner leaps to celebrate scoring a World Cup century against the Netherlands.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n Should he be chosen for a final Test series against Pakistan in December and January, Warner will follow up his last match at the SCG by playing for the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League until the tournament ends on January 24 \u2013 opposite a Test series between Australia and West Indies.<\/p>\n Warner, in strong form with back-to-back World Cup centuries, will then fly to the UAE to take up a lucrative gig with the Dubai Capitals \u2013 part of the conglomerate of clubs owned by his Indian Premier League team, the Delhi Capitals \u2013 until early February.<\/p>\n In that time, Warner is expected to miss the 50-over matches scheduled to be played against the West Indies in the first week of February. But he would then return in time to play in the three T20 internationals against the Caribbean side that form part of Australia\u2019s preparation for the World Cup in the West Indies and the United States in June.<\/p>\n Hockley said that it was increasingly the case that not all international series could be afforded the same priority, but that this also allowed for the development of younger talent through opportunity.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we may see increasingly with the schedule is we may have to prioritise certain campaigns .\u2026 But equally that\u2019s a great opportunity then for more players, more competition for spots.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we may see increasingly with the schedule is we may have to prioritise certain campaigns,\u201d Hockley told this masthead. \u201cBut equally that\u2019s a great opportunity then for more players, more competition for spots.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re also very conscious of the increased opportunities for players, and to show some level of flexibility to pursue opportunities, certainly in the IPL and some of the other leagues around the world is something that we\u2019ll need to support going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n As recently as a few years ago, such flexibility would have been anathema to Australian cricket, with players unlikely to be invited again to play for their country if they wished to take up franchise deals instead.<\/p>\n But as part of a relationship that the CA chair Mike Baird insisted must be characterised by trust, Warner and others will have the flexibility they are seeking to balance international and T20 club commitments.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are changes that are here and changes that are coming,\u201d Baird said. \u201cBut the fundamental thing that you need is trust and a relationship with the players, and we\u2019ve certainly established that through the MoU [memorandum of understanding]. The frameworks are there.<\/p>\n \u201cSo if we need to be agile, we will be, but we\u2019ll do it in partnership with the players. That\u2019s the critical thing you need as we face this changing environment.\u201d<\/p>\n CA\u2019s AGM delivered a healthy set of books, largely aided by the securing of a $42 million surplus from hosting last year\u2019s men\u2019s T20 World Cup, that will absorb a low revenue season featuring Pakistan and the West Indies, before India and England visit in the next two summers.<\/p>\n But it was the challenges of the future that occupied most airtime. Baird and Hockley revealed that CA had shelved mooted plans to raise capital via selling off any portion of the game to private investors, instead retaining a $50 million loan with NAB for another three years.<\/p>\n They also discussed how a recent independent study of CA, conducted by Boston Consulting Group, had found the game\u2019s head office was run efficiently, but called for better collaboration – in contrast to some fractious recent years – and also the need to hire and appoint the best possible people in senior roles.<\/p>\n \u201cCricket\u2019s not standing still,\u201d Baird said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are huge developments in sport across the world, not just cricket, and our role is to understand those. As we\u2019ve looked at them, we\u2019ve spoken to other sports, we\u2019ve spoken to a whole range of stakeholders, banks and private equity firms.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the same time we need to align ourselves and be as effective and efficient as possible, and that\u2019s also work that\u2019s gone on. Yes there is a cycle, but post-COVID we are building strength and building reserves for the long-term good of the game. That work we\u2019ve done was incredibly informative and is going to allow us to go after every opportunity.<\/p>\n \u201cRobust conversations and differences of opinion are healthy, but I think we\u2019re seeing very constructive relationships, trust being built across the system, and that\u2019s a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n News, results and expert analysis from the weekend of sport sent every Monday. <\/i><\/b>Sign up for our Sport newsletter<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\nMost Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n
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