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Pay deal delivers big increases for Australian cricketers

Cricket Australia is set to lift the salary cap for its domestic Twenty20 league by 50% and increase the minimum and average pay for the women’s national team by 25% as part of a five-year deal agreed with the player union. The salary cap for each team in the men’s Big Bash League will increase to 3 million Australian dollars (USD2 million) as the sport’s Australian administrators try to keep the best local talent and attract high-profile overseas stars in an international market sprinkled with lucrative franchise T20 leagues. “We have recognized the need to ensure that the BBL remains highly competitive in a changing global cricket landscape,” Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said Monday. “We’re confident this agreement will help maintain its place at the heart of the Aus...