Cricket Australia bigwigs are budgeting on the West Indies' pay kerfuffle being resolved amicably and promptly.
West Indies shocked the cricketing world earlier this month when they walked out on their tour of India due to the long-running dispute.
The organisation's board, players union and squad recently assembled in Jamaica for further negotiations.
The damage has already been major, with the sport's most powerful nation threatening legal action and suspending all future tours to the Caribbean.
Chairman Wally Edwards and chief executive James Sutherland were reluctant to comment about the issue at Cricket Australia's annual general meeting, saying they will know more after next week's ICC meetings in Dubai.
But Edwards called for calm amid concerns about the future of the West Indies and their place at next year's World Cup, to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
"I don't believe it (West Indies) will be lost. I can't imagine that," Edwards told reporters.
"They've had disputes before. They've had ongoing rumblings there for quite a while.
"I feel confident they will get resolved. Their president Dave Cameron is a smart guy and a capable guy.
"But I don't know what's caused the exact walk-out. They were playing along quite happily."
Sutherland, comfortable with the timeframe before the World Cup starts in February, will not seek any guarantees in Dubai.
"These things aren't resolved overnight. The World Cup is still a long way away," he said.
"We're obviously concerned, but still confident things will resolve themselves over the coming weeks."
Australia will play in the Caribbean before next year's Ashes series in the United Kingdom, while the West Indies are slated to tour Australia in the summer of 2015/16.
Sutherland admitted he was "surprised and shocked" by the events that unfolded in India.
"You've got to wonder how it can get to that," he said.
"There was a little bit of wavering there, where it appeared at one stage that it was sorted and then all of a sudden it wasn't.
"But we don't know the ins and outs. We'll hopefully know a bit more next week."
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