Cricket Australia officials wine and dine Steve Smith and David Warner ahead of pay war

By Chris Barrett
Updated December 8 2016 - 9:18pm, first published 8:40pm
Wined and dined: Skipper Steve Smith and dedputy David Warner. Photo: Cameron Spencer
Wined and dined: Skipper Steve Smith and dedputy David Warner. Photo: Cameron Spencer
Private dinner: Coach Darren Lehmann was also in attendance. Photo: Ryan Pierse
Private dinner: Coach Darren Lehmann was also in attendance. Photo: Ryan Pierse

Cricket Australia board members dined with Test captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner on Wednesday night in Melbourne ahead of what looms as a bitter pay dispute with the players. The make-up of the pay structure for players promises to be central to CA's negotiations over a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the players and there has been a strong belief that the current percentage-of-revenue system will be abandoned by the administration.

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