Robert 'Crash' Craddock

He hasn't played for Australia for seven years, but he's tall.

He's had quite a good season.

He's promising.

So they're shopping for the future, Gerard, and I think essentially it's a good thing.

because very, very shortly Australia will enter a generational crisis where a whole group of players will leave together.

So let's use these tours to have a look.

And I'm sure that's what George Bailey will say when he meets the press in about an hour's time.

That's right.

And the other interesting thing is there's no Glenn Maxwell and no Marcus Stoinis.

So, you know, given their age and they didn't really shoot the lights out in the 20 World Cup failure earlier this year, so it's, you know, Australia, there's a sense that they're moving on.

They're experimenting now.

And I don't mind that for the time being because, as you said, there's going to be – there will be players playing test cricket for Australia every

in the next two years where we will say well i didn't see that coming they will burst through there'll be opportunities and and as you say it's been such a strong and reliable pathway the 50 over format someone comes in you have a look at him what's he like on tour does he like touring can he fit in with the guys or is he's got much of a game so it's not a bad decision at all

Well, the short story is that in a bid to keep the absolute elite players like Travis Head and Pat Cummins out of the clutches of the T20 leagues around the world, which are offering insane money, they've beefed up their contracts.

But in doing so, you sort of –

aggravate those further down the list who say, what about us?

Previously, Australia had used a set contract model.

Number one gets this, number two gets that.

But Cummins will now get more than $4 million a year.

Head will be up around the $3 million mark.