Up to $30 million will be made available to grassroots cricket as part of a substantial investment by Australia’s professional cricketers.
Australia’s cricketers will pump up to $30 million into the sport’s grassroots, with the funds to be used to improve playing and training facilities across the nation.
In money that would have previously been directed to the player payment pool, the unprecedented investment comes as part of the acrimoniously negotiated Memorandum of Understanding between Cricket Australia and the players association.
“The players are passionate about giving back to the game that has given us so much,” injured Test fast bowler Josh Hazlewood said.
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