Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland (L) and Australian Cricketers' Association CEO Alistair Nicholson make an announcement on the Memorandum of Understanding at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia, August 3, 2017. AAP/Tracey Nearmy/via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top players have voted to endorse the new pay deal, the Australian Cricketers' Association said on Friday as the dust settled on a bruising 10-month dispute that opened up deep fault lines in the country's favourite sport.
Cricket Australia and the players' union announced they had agreed an "in principle" deal on Thursday, finally ending the month-long lockout that threatened a tour of Bangladesh and this year's Ashes series.
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