Melbourne, Aug. 14:Australian cricketers are “very disappointed” with their Board for putting the controversial split-innings one-day format on trial in the National Cup as they were not even consulted before the radical move, Players’ Association chief Paul Marsh has claimed.
According to Marsh, players are not happy with the 45-over split innings format which was approved for trial during this domestic season by Cricket Australia on Saturday. The new format will be used across all 31 matches in the domestic competition. “The decision by CA to trial the split innings format in this year’s domestic one-day event was made before collective player input was even sought. For the people that play and know the game better than anyone, this process has been difficult to comprehend and players are very disappointed,” he said.