Robert 'Crash' Craddock

they don't suit their year-long demands because they're T20 journeymen, and that's fine.

But higher up the scale, it could easily happen, Gerard.

And Pat Cummins has warned that it will happen.

He said, and the flashpoint will be in a couple of months' time,

when Australia is playing Bangladesh in Darwin and Mackay at the same time as the hundreds going on in England.

And to play in that tournament, some Australian players will sacrifice $600,000.

And, you know...

And Gerard, the old, the cricketers have changed in that they're businessmen now, as well as being sportsmen.

And the old days, the 80s, when players were, you know, you got a few bucks for playing it and you did your best and then the pay went up and you became, you're a half professional.

But these days, I mean, that is a watershed moment, that little series against Bangladesh in Northern Australia, when players are having to say no to real big bucks.

So...

And the Big Bash one, we've just felt that seeping through for seasons when, you know, the premium players for overseas.

Mohamed Rizwan from Pakistan could barely hit the ball off the square in the Big Bash and he's on around 400,000.

So you can understand the frustration of the guys further down the ladder there.

And T20, let's face it, is all about money.

You know, so, yes, you just feel that...

Of every administrator in Australia, I can't think of one under more pressure than Todd Greenberg at the moment because I'm just not sure how he solves this, Gerard, because while New South Wales and Queensland refuse to sell in the big bash, that plan is anchored on the tarmac and just they need the money and I don't know where they're going to get it from.

Yeah, absolutely.

The Bendigo boy, at one stage his lead was down to one in the last round, but 5.54 million jumps in, Gerard, which is, I think that's why he was so nervous.

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