Cricket Australia’s warnings about its finances taking a hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic have been questioned by the country’s players’ association which has said the game’s position remains positive.

Last month, Cricket Australia (CA) had already put 80 per cent of its staff on 20 per cent salary till end of June, while a handful of others, including the executives, remained on 80 per cent pay.

“Cricket is yet to suffer a significant negative revenue event associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. The financial position of cricket is therefore very positive relative to Australia’s winter sports,” Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) chief executive Alistair Nicholson wrote in an email to members according to ESPNcricinfo.

“The players express their support for staff at CA who have been stood down on 20 per cent of their wages and wish them a speedy return to full-time work.”

The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA), led by chairman Shane Watson, met on Monday and will now write to CA chairman Earl Eddings to express its view on the game’s situation.

Nicholson added: “Cricket is able to express an optimistic and confident posture about its capacity to weather the pandemic, and has the opportunity to put in place effective plans for cricket to be played this summer. With this, cricket’s financial position will likely remain positive.”

In April, former ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed felt CA’s financial matters are quite complicated and its current CEO Kevin Roberts failed to offer a certain degree of clarity required in these troubled times.