Cricket Australia

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Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia Logo.png
SportCricket
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationCA
Founded1905 (1905)
AffiliationInternational Cricket Council (ICC)
HeadquartersJolimont, Melbourne, Australia
ChairmanEarl Eddings
CEONick Hockley[1]
Men's coachAustralia Justin Langer
Women's coachAustralia Matthew Mott
Operating incomeIncrease $99 million (2015 profit)[2]
SponsorPlatinum Partners:
Alinta Energy, Vodafone, Dettol[3]
Gold Partners:
Commonwealth Bank, XXXX, Woolworths, HCL, Toyota, Qantas, KFC, Fox Sports, Asics, Bet365
Silver Partners:
Cadbury, Marsh, Gatorade[4]
Official website
www.cricketaustralia.com.au
Australia

Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, limited by guarantee.[5]

Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Men's, the Women's and Youth sides. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test tours and one day internationals with other nations, and scheduling the home international fixtures.

Background[]

Cricket Australia is an administrative organisation responsible for cricket in Australia. Cricket Australia has six member organisations that represent each of the Australian states. These organisations are:

Cricket ACT and Northern Territory Cricket are non-member associations, although the ACT participates in Cricket Australia tournaments such as the Women's National Cricket League and the Futures League, and previously briefly also competed in the domestic limited-overs competition.

Cricket Australia is governed by eight independent directors, who work collectively in the national interest of Australian cricket.[citation needed] The chief executive officer reports to the board of directors.

Each of the state cricket associations that are members of Cricket Australia also selects a representative side to participate in Australia's major domestic cricket tournaments.

Domestic teams, playing national tournaments[]

  State Men's side Women's side
  New South Wales New South Wales Men's Cricket Team Blues New South Wales Women's Cricket Team Breakers
  Queensland Queensland Men's Cricket Team Bulls Queensland Women's Cricket Team Fire
  South Australia South Australia Men's Cricket Team Southern Redbacks South Australia Women's Cricket Team Scorpions
  Tasmania Tasmania Men's Cricket Team Tigers Tasmania Women's Cricket Team Roar
  Victoria Victoria Men's Cricket Team Victoria Women's Cricket Team
  Western Australia Western Australia Men's Cricket Team Western Warriors Western Australia Women's Cricket Team Western Fury
  Territory Men's side Women's side
  Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory Men's Cricket Team Comets Australian Capital Territory Women's Cricket Team Meteors
  Northern Territory Northern Territory Men's Division Northern Territory Women's Division

Cricket Australia also maintains a healthy but independent association with the Australian Cricketers' Association to provide proper player's rights and welfare requirements.

History[]

The first centralised authority for the administration of cricket in Australia was established in 1892 when representatives from the state associations of New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria came together to establish the Australasian Cricket Council. However the Australasian Cricket Council was disbanded in 1898, and what is now known as Cricket Australia was established in 1905 as the "Australian Board of Control for International Cricket".[6] Before its establishment, tours by Australian teams to England were organised and funded by private groups or by the players themselves. Similarly, invitations to English teams were made by private promoters or by individual clubs, such as the Melbourne Cricket Club.[citation needed] The predecessor organisation, the Australasian Cricket Council, had existed from 1892 to 1898 but was ineffective due to a lack of funding. Its one lasting action was to establish the Sheffield Shield, the first-class cricket competition between the Australian colonies.[7]

These early tours were lucrative for the players and promoters and cricket administrators looked to find ways to channel some of this money to the destitute clubs, through the state associations. Formal discussions began in January 1905 in Sydney for the formation of a body to take control of tours from the players. A draft constitution was discussed by members of the New South Wales, Victoria, South Australian and Queensland associations.[8] The first meeting of the new board was held at Wesley College in Melbourne on 6 May 1905.

The foundation members were the New South Wales Cricket Association and the Victorian Cricket Association. South Australia's delegates refused to join the Board because the Board structure denied the players any representation. The Queensland Cricket Association was represented as an observer only.[6]

Queensland did decide to formally join the association with one delegate member the following year, and the constitution was amended in 1906, so that New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria would each have three permanent representatives, and Queensland one representative. In 1907 Tasmania was permitted to send a single representative, and Western Australia did likewise in 1913. Changes to this structure were made in 1914 and 1974 respectively when Queensland and Western Australia formally increased their representation to two each.

Name changes[]

Cricket Australia has had three different names since its foundation. They are:[citation needed]

  • Australian Board of Control for International Cricket (1905–1973)
  • Australian Cricket Board (1973–2003)
  • Cricket Australia (2003–present)

Finances[]

The organisation's revenue was A$380.9 million in the year ended 30 June 2015, with a net surplus of $99 million largely attributed to the success of co-hosting the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.[citation needed]

Competitions[]

As well as responsibility for Australian international sides, Cricket Australia organises domestic inter-state cricket in Australia, including the three premier competitions in each of the major forms of the game. These are the Sheffield Shield in first-class cricket, the JLT One-Day Cup, which is the domestic one-day competition, and the KFC Big Bash League, which is the domestic Twenty20 competition.

Cricket Australia's competitions:

Cricket Australia also runs the Under 19 and Under 17 Male Championships, the Under 18 and Under 15 Female National Championships, the National Indigenous Cricket Championships and the National Cricket Inclusion Championships.

Honours[]

Cricket Australia also provides awards for various categories of players, including:

  • Male: Test Player of the Year, One-Day Player of the Year, Bradman Young Player of the Year, Domestic Player of the Year, and the Allan Border Medal for the overall best Australian men's cricketer of the year.
  • Female: the Belinda Clark Award for the best Australian women's cricketer of the year, the Betty Wilson Young Player of the Year, and the Domestic Player of the Year

Cricket Australia also honours players for exceptional service to the game of cricket in Australia by annually adding former players of great distinction to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

Principals / Chairman of Cricket Australia[]

Chairmen[]

  • New South Wales Richard Teece: 1892–1893
  • Victoria (Australia) Richard Best: 1893–1895
  • South Australia Mostyn Evan: 1895–1896; 1910–1911
  • New South Wales John Gibson: 1896–1897
  • South Australia Will Whitridge: 1897–1900
  • Victoria (Australia) Lawrence Adamson: 1905–1906
  • Victoria (Australia) Ernie Bean: 1906–1907; 1912–1913
  • New South Wales George Barbour: 1907–1908
  • Queensland George Foxton: 1908–1910
  • Tasmania Charles Eady: 1911
  • New South Wales William McElhone: 1911–1912
  • Queensland James Allen: 1913–1914
  • South Australia Harry Blinman: 1914–1919
  • Tasmania Harold Bushby: 1919; 1925–1926
  • Western Australia Harry Gregory: 1919–1920; 1922–1923; 1926–1927
  • Victoria (Australia) Harry Rush: 1920–1922
  • Queensland Jack Hutcheon: 1923–1924
  • South Australia Bernard Scrymgour: 1924–1925
  • New South Wales Aubrey Oxlade: 1927–1930; 1933–1936; 1945–1948; 1951–1952
  • Victoria (Australia) Dr Allen Robertson: 1930–1933; 1936–1945; 1948–1951
  • South Australia Roy Middleton: 1952–1955
  • New South Wales Frank Cush: 1955–1957
  • Victoria (Australia) Bill Dowling: 1957–1960
  • South Australia/ New South Wales Sir Donald Bradman: 1960–1963; 1969–1972
  • New South Wales Ewart Macmillan: 1963–1966
  • Victoria (Australia) Bob Parish: 1966–1969; 1975–1978
  • New South Wales Tim Caldwell: 1972–1975
  • South Australia Phil Ridings: 1980–1983
  • New South Wales Fred Bennett: 1983–1986
  • Victoria (Australia) Malcolm Gray: 1986–1989
  • South Australia Colin Egar: 1989–1992
  • New South Wales Alan Crompton: 1992–1995
  • Tasmania Denis Rogers: 1995–2001
  • Victoria (Australia) Robert Merriman: 2001–2005
  • South Australia Creagh O'Connor: 2005–2008
  • South Australia Jack Clarke: 2008–2011
  • Western Australia Wally Edwards: 2011–2015
  • New South Wales David Peever: 2015–2018
  • Victoria (Australia) Earl Eddings: 2018–present

Secretaries & Chief Executive Officers[]

  • New South Wales John Portus: 1892–1896
  • South Australia John Creswell: 1896–1900
  • New South Wales William McElhone: 1905–1910
  • New South Wales Colin Sinclair: 1910–1911
  • New South Wales Sydney Smith: 1911–1927
  • South Australia William Jeanes: 1927–1954
  • Victoria (Australia) Jack Ledward: 1954–1960
  • New South Wales Alan Barnes: 1960–1980
  • Victoria (Australia) David Richards: 1980–1993
  • Victoria (Australia) Graham Halbish: 1993–1997
  • Victoria (Australia) Malcolm Speed: 1997–2001
  • Victoria (Australia) James Sutherland: 2001–2018
  • New South Wales Kevin Roberts: 2018–2020
  • England Nick Hockley: 2020–present

National Selection Panel[]

For a list of national selectors, see Australian cricket selectors.

The National Selection Panel is the part of Cricket Australia responsible for team selections for each of the Australian national sides in every form of cricket.

The current three-man panel for the Australian men's sides is: George Bailey (chairman) and Justin Langer (head coach).[9]

The current four-person panel for the Australia women's sides is: Shawn Flegler (chairman), Matthew Mott (head coach), Avril Fahey and Julie Hayes.

Board of directors[]

Cricket Australia is governed by nine independent directors, who work collectively in the national interest of Australian cricket.

The chief executive officer reports to the board of seven (normally nine) directors. The current seven board members are:

  • Earl Eddings (chairman)
  • Paul Green
  • John Harnden AM
  • Dr Lachlan Henderson
  • Michelle Tredenick
  • Richard Freudenstein
  • Mel Jones OAM

Last update: 30 October 2020[10][11][12]

Boycott of Afghanistan[]

Cricket Australia has criticised the new Afghan government for not allowing women to join the Afghan cricket team. It has stated that it will not play in any match against Afghanistan, if the Afghan government continues like this. [13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hockley confirmed as CA's next chief executive". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Barrett, Chris; Hogan, Jesse (14 December 2015). "Big Bash League prizemoney tripled but players miss out". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Dettol become naming-rights sponsor of Australia men's ODIs and T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Cricket Australia – Commercial Partners". Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Pollard, p. 57.
  7. ^ Pollard, pp. 49–50.
  8. ^ Pollard, p. 56.
  9. ^ "Bailey named Australia's new selection chief". Cricket Australia. 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Our Board". Cricket Australia. 6 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Former pace ace Kasprowicz quits Cricket Australia board". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Jacquie Hey: 'On behalf of all women, I'm sorry,' for not becoming Cricket Australia chair". ESPNcricinfo. 30 October 2020.
  13. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45812399

Bibliography[]

  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack
  • Pollard, Jack (1988). Australian Cricket: The game and the players. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-15269-1.

External links[]

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