MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's cricket board gambled that greed would motivate top players into accepting a pay offer and while that bet has backfired the parties are likely to thrash out a deal in time to avert an Ashes boycott, former captain Ian Chappell has said.
Players have rejected Cricket Australia's (CA) offer that would end a 20-year-old revenue-sharing model when the next collective bargaining agreement starts in July.
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