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Christmas Without a Proper Cricket Test? It’s Happened Before

A contract dispute between the cricket establishment and the players has raised the prospect of something unthinkable -- Christmas in Australia without a Boxing Day Test! We speak to cricket historian Rodney Cavalier about the working class roots of the game of cricket in Australia and the two great schisms that have formed he game of today.

By Stephen O'DohertyWednesday 19 Jul 2017Open House InterviewsCultureReading Time: 1 minute

Audio: Rodney Cavalier in conversation with Stephen O’Doherty

A contract dispute between the cricket establishment and the players has raised the prospect of something unthinkable — Christmas in Australia without a Boxing Day Test!

The good news is that the current dispute between the Cricket Australia and the players association is likely to be resolved before a long, hot, cricket-less summer.

However, the current dispute between the cricket establishment and the players is no trivial matter and has a ring of history to it.

On Open House we sought the view of one of the great custodians of cricket, Rodney Cavalier. Rodney is a cricket historian and author, being a long-time chairman of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust and a life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (Lords). He is also a former ALP Education Minister in NSW who, in that capacity, saw through many significant industrial disputes.

Our conversation included a quick sweep through the working class roots of the game of cricket in Australia and the two great schisms that have formed the game of today.