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10 September 1999 |
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SportGreg Matthews says ‘Yeah. Yeah’ to Solidarityinterview with Peter Moss
What was the highlight of your Test career? There were a couple. One was the first Test in Sri Lanka in 1992 when Australia came back from a record first innings deficit to win. That set up the first series win on the sub-continent for 32 years. The other was the tied Test in Madras in 1986. An Australian spinner, Ray Bright, was the hero. He collapsed from the heat but returned because his team needed him. He took seven wickets in the match. Have you heard racially based comments on the field? Now we're seeing change where racial comments are not cool. That reflects the changing face of society and it's a good thing. Do you prefer playing Test or One Day cricket? For me, One Day cricket is not a real test of the man. It's very structured and manufactured. Australia set the pattern for winning one day games but Sri Lanka's dynamic openers have changed the direction again. Test cricket is a test of the man and his character. What you see is what you get. Do you think cricket is losing popularity to other sports? Cricket is our only true national sport. The nation stands behind our team when it's playing an Ashes series. No other team and no other sport is embraced like that The Australian Cricketers Association was formed a couple of years ago. How did that come about? We had a master/ slave relationship with the Australian Cricket Board before the Association was formed. For instance, you had to get permission from your State Association before you could even talk to another State about playing for them. No other workplace places those restrictions on how you ply your trade. Guys like Tim May, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Steve Waugh and Shane Warne laid the foundations for future generations of players to have a bigger say in how the game is run. Players like Mark Taylor and Shane Warne are doing OK. Why did they get involved in starting a players' association? These guys care about their buddies. They took a pay cut in real terms so that other players could get a better deal. Did the Australian Cricket Board get a shock when they had to negotiate with the players? They were used to dominating and having 100% mastery. Nobody likes to give that kind of power away. What does the Association want to do for players? We've already won a guaranteed share of cricket revenue for players. But cricketers still get a smaller piece of the pie than other professional team sports in Australia. Cricketers also need job and education opportunities, they need health insurance. We are working to improve pay, conditions and opportunities. Now that you're 39 years old, are you still playing cricket? I play for Eastern Suburbs in Sydney after I do my MMM radio show on Saturday mornings. My work for Advanced Hair, Wizard, At The Wicket and the Variety Club keeps me busy. But my first priority is my wife and three kids
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