The Australian Cricketers' Association "claims Cricket Australia will earn" A$2B ($1.5B) over the next five years and "accuses it of diverting away money that belongs to the players, as the industrial strife between the two organisations continues to brew on the eve of the critical fourth Test in India," according to Peter Lalor of THE AUSTRALIAN. All pro players, "including the 16 squad members preparing for the match in Dharamsala, were sent a confidential email by the ACA yesterday." CA on Tuesday announced a general offer which "included generous pay hikes for female cricketers." The ACA admitted that there are "some positives in the offer but dismissed the broad thrust as 'unsatisfactory,' accusing CA of lacking 'respect' for domestic cricketers and of using money owed under the current contract to fund the next payment period." The standoff between the players and administration is "multi-layered but essentially gets back to moves by CA ... to break the power of the ACA and take away the revenue-share model that has underpinned previous contracts." Only male int'l players have been "offered revenue share in the new offer but the proposal released by CA does not say how much they will receive." Under the existing system, Australian and int'l players are allocated about 20% of revenues which are then "dispersed among international, domestic and retired players and the ACA" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 3/23).