Neither party made any comment on Monday but News Limited outlets heralded an imminent resolution under the headline "Aussie cricket on brink of peace", while Fairfax Media reported that a "heads of agreement" deal was close to being struck. CA chief James Sutherland proposed taking the matter to binding arbitration if a deal was not struck by early this week.Peace at last! The pay dispute between Cricket Australia and ACA has reached a resolutionhttps://t.co/1fdvUpVDAy
— The Daily Telegraph (@dailytelegraph) July 31, 2017
Cricket Australia is on the verge of an agreement with the players' union to end the long impasse over a new pay deal and avoid the need for arbitration, local media reported on Monday.
Australia's top 230 players have effectively been unemployed since the last five-year agreement expired on June 30 and an "A" tour of South Africa has already fallen victim to the lockout.
With a two-test tour of Bangladesh looming and the Ashes coming up at the end of the year, the parties were involved in lengthy talks over the weekend to broker a deal to end the acrimonious dispute.
