da leao： MELBOURNE – Australia will send a full-strength cricket team to theupcoming ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.
da bet nacional： AAP22-Aug-2002MELBOURNE – Australia will send a full-strength cricket team to theupcoming ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.The Australian Cricket Board and the Australian Cricketers Associationannounced today that both parties will sign a participating nationsagreement.But ACA chief executive Tim May said the players will only sign paperssubject to the International Cricket Council consulting with them onsponsorship deals.The ICC wants players to sign contracts preventing them from promotingtheir individual sponsors for 30 days either side of next February’sWorld Cup in South Africa.Leading players from India and England had also baulked at signing theICC contracts because of concerns over existing sponsorships.A resolution covering the World Cup had yet to be reached.ACB chief executive James Sutherland said negotiations would be dealtwith one tournament at a time.He said in a worst-case scenario, players could be financiallycompensated if their endorsements conflicted with those of the ICC.May has sent the agreement signed by the Australian players to cricketassociations overseas and was hopeful it would be used as a model toencourage other countries to commit full-strength squads to theChampions Trophy.
