| | Cricinfo - Players wear out their welcome with NZC |
 | | However, this amiable tone at the start of the conference soon gave way to bitter criticism of the way NZC had conducted earlier negotiations since the players' association called a month-long strike during October from Nichol and his colleagues Heath Mills, one of the players' association founders, and Dion Nash, the former New Zealand player. |
 | | This NZC offer included a further increase in player payments but if the players' association did not accept the new offer NZC would break off the negotiations and approach the players individually. |
 | | NZC had, said Nichol, released information in an attempt to shore up public opinion against the players, and to attempt to break the players' unity. |
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