AUSTRALIAN CRICKET'S PAY DISPUTE: A TIMELINE
2016
DECEMBER 12: Cricket Australia and the players union, Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA), make initial submissions on a new pay deal at the start of two days of talks in Melbourne.
DECEMBER 19: CA accuses the union of failing to negotiate in good faith and postpones further meetings until the New Year. ACA raises concerns about a clause asking female players to declare they are not pregnant before they sign a contract.
2017
MARCH 21: CA lodges its formal offer to players which scraps a fixed-revenue payment model. The offer includes an immediate average pay increase of 125 per cent for female players.
APRIL 28: ACA rejects CA's offer, instead proposing an updated revenue-sharing deal for players to receive 22.5 per cent, down from 25 per cent from the previous Memorandum of Understanding.
MAY 13: CA boss James Sutherland sends an email to players, threatening that they won't be paid beyond a June 30 MoU deadline unless they agree to their offer.
MAY 24: ACA moves to establish a new business to help players control their intellectual property and marketing rights.
JUNE 8: CA releases a video in which their lead negotiator Kevin Roberts accuses players of wanting to take money out of junior cricket sponsorships by keeping the revenue-sharing scheme.
JUNE 23: CA revamps its pay offer, proposing a greater share of international surpluses.
JUNE 30: The deadline for the parties to strike a MoU passes, leaving some 230 Australian cricketers unemployed.
JULY 2: Players hold an emergency meeting in Sydney, passing 14 resolutions. They include outlining they are under no obligation to embark on upcoming tours without an MoU.
JUNE 6: Players boycott an Australia A tour of South Africa.
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