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Aussies not paid for IPL stints: Report

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Posted online: Sunday , May 18, 2008 at 1010 hrs IST

Melbourne, May 18:: In what could snowball into an embarrassment for the Indian Premier League, some Australian cricketers who participated in the cash-rich twenty20 series claim they have not received the wages for their short stints despite repeated reminders to their respective franchise owners.

Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) Chief Paul Marsh has claimed that the players, who returned home after playing in the IPL for the first two weeks due to national commitment in West Indies, were frustrated with the impasse.

The Sun Herald quoted an un-named Australian player as saying that his franchise was not clearing his money despite claiming on three occasions that his wage was on its way.

"First I was told it would be in two weeks," the player said.

"That passed by and I was told it would be in the following week. Then I was told it would be in the next few days. I just said, 'I'll believe it when I see it'," he revealed.

Another player was reportedly trying to get his money in installments as he needed it urgently to make mortgage payments.

The newspaper's report said one of the players got his payment only a few days ago but that too after a lot of effort.

The top Aussie cricketers who returned after the first couple of weeks in IPL included skipper Ricky Ponting, pace spearhead Brett Lee, Michael Hussey, Simon Katich and all-rounder Andrew Symonds among others.

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