Australia players want review of performance pay


  • Cricket
  • Tuesday, 07 Feb 2017

Cricket - Australia v Pakistan - Third Test cricket match - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia - 7/1/17 Australia's Josh Hazlewood celebrates with team mates after taking the final wicket of Pakistan's Imran Khan to win the match. REUTERS/David Gray

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's cricketers have demanded a review of performance-related pay for contracted players who stand to take another financial hit after an under-strength one-day international team was defeated by New Zealand last week.

Selectors have rested top players for one-day series to cope with the demands of the packed international schedule and without the team's best batsman David Warner, the tourists lost 2-0 to New Zealand.

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