How Cricket Australia's $1bn mirage has cost the game dear

The stoush between CA and Seven exposes the weakness of the much-touted deal and could see many games consigned to pay-TV this summerIn April 2018, Cricket Australia announced a new television rights deal worth $1.18bn. Chief executive James Sutherland sealed the final negotiations that had been conducted by his head of broadcasting and commercial, Ben Amarfio. Given that it was a couple of weeks since the ball-tampering scandal that enveloped the men’s Test team, the deal was presented as