Zimbabwe's 15 rebel players have been sacked again and have referred their dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union to the International Cricket Council, the players' lawyer said on Friday.
"The ZCU lawyer called me to say the players are all fired, and that they must return their cars to the ZCU," players' lawyer Chris Venturas said.
"So most of them will be catching buses or be on bicycles from tomorrow."
The players, who had made themselves unavailable for selection, were first sacked on May 10, in part of a continuing saga.
"We have referred the matter to the ICC and we have asked them to form a dispute committee, which they can do, to arbitrate in this dispute," Venturas said.
"We have tried to resolve it domestically, but we have run out of room to do that."
ICC president Ehsan Mani confirmed that the ruling body had received the request.
"We received yesterday from the lawyer of the 15 players a request to submit a dispute to the ICC dispute process," Mani told a news conference in London.
"Should this matter go before a hearing under the ICC Disputes Resolution process, given the nature and complexity of this dispute, I would think that it would be several months before this process would be finalised," Mani added.
The news of the players' latest sackings broke simultaneously with the announcement of a decision taken by the ZCU and Cricket Australia to call off the two Tests their teams were scheduled to play until a later date.
Instead, Zimbabwe and Australia will play three One-Day Internationals in Harare on May 25, 27 and 29.
Venturas said: "We have been told that they are not wanted for the one-day series against Australia."
Zimbabwe had to select an inexperienced team to play Sri Lanka, who won both Tests by an innings and the one-day series 5-0.
The 15 rebels, who include former captain Heath Streak, say the Zimbabwe Board allows politicians to dictate the make-up of the team and rushes young black players into the side prematurely.
