Australian women’s captain Meg Lanning believe the ongoing pay dispute will not distract the team ahead of the upcoming World Cup. The Women’s side will leave the UK on Saturday (June 10) as the biggest favourites in the tournament which begins on June 26.
“It’s definitely been spoken about. It’s not something you can hide away from,” she told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday (June 8). “As a squad, once we get over to the UK, we are just focused on playing cricket. Our job and priority is to go over there and play really good cricket and win games.
The pay dispute between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) has now become the center discussion in the cricketing world. With both parties standing on disagreement, it looks highly unlikely that the matter would end before the June 30 deadline.
“We won’t be distracted by it all. Everything is in place. The ACA and Cricket Australia are talking – everything is fine contract-wise,” she added. “There is a temporary contract that is going to be in place for the World Cup.”