Sporting bodies across Australia have thrown their weight behind gay marriage, with cricket the latest to add its support for same-sex unions as a contentious postal vote on the issue begins.

Australia vice captain David Warner walks straight off the pitch at Darwin’s Marrara Oval after being hit on the helmet by a Josh Hazzlewood bouncer during the intra-squad practice match.

Australia skipper Steve Smith isn’t taking Bangladesh lightly and calls the Tigers a ‘dangerous side’.

David Warner believes he can still captain Australia and his vocal stance against Cricket Australia during the bitter pay dispute will not dent his chances of becoming captain.

CA chief executive James Sutherland says that an independent arbitration is the only logical step left.

Australia’s tour of Bangladesh could turn out to be a critical pressure point in the negotiations between Cricket Australia and the players, Cricket Australia site says.

While Cricket Australia (CA) and Australia Cricketers’ Association (ACA) have sat down for negotiations after Saturday, the main point of contention, which is the revenue share model, is yet to be sorted, Canberra Times report says.

Australia captain Steve Smith is reportedly close to signing a sponsorship deal with Mercedez Benz, who are rivals to Cricket Australia’s ‘protected sponsor’ Toyota, The Daily Telegraph reports.

West Indies dashing opener Chris Gayle voices his support for Australia cricketers in their pay dispute with Cricket Australia which sees 230 Australian cricketers without a contract.

A Victorian Supreme Court judge advises former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill to obtain legal representation after he appeared nervous and failed to articulate his case against Cricket Australia.

The Australia Cricketers’ Association (ACA) releases a statement on the ongoing Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) negotiations with Cricket Australia (CA).

The cancellation of Australia A team’s tour of South Africa puts Cricket Australia selectors in a difficult place as Australia’s tour of Bangladesh approaches.

Mitchell Starc becomes the first player to take the provocative step of aligning with a rival to one of Cricket Australia's protected sponsors as the sport's industrial war rages on, Sydney Morning Herald report says.

Australia's players boycot this month's Australia A tour to South Africa, escalating a bitter pay dispute which threatens to derail senior tours to Bangladesh and India as well as this year's home Ashes.

Players turn up for training ahead of the Australia A tour of South Africa, despite the threat to boycott the trip because of a bitter pay dispute.

Players will boycott an Australia A tour of South Africa this month in an escalation of their bitter dispute with Cricket Australia unless a new pay deal is agreed, the Australian Cricketers' Association announce.

The Australian Cricketers' Association executive arrange meeting to decide whether players will boycott this month's Australia A tour to South Africa after a failure to strike a new pay deal with Cricket Australia.

Mitchell Starc will miss Australia's Test tour of Bangladesh in August due to injury, while left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe has been axed despite bowling Australia to victory with a 12-wicket haul against India in Pune earlier this year.

Sports Minister Greg Hunt says the federal government is prepared to provide mediation between Cricket Australia and players over the pay-dispute stalemate.

Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland believes the revenue-share model which the body is trying to dump in its ongoing pay negotiations with players will ‘starve’ the funding of grassroots game.