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  • Sticky wicket: Cricket Australia announces massive $46m shortfall

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    The massive financial hit in the year ended June 30 comes despite CA axing 40 jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic. But CA’s board says the deficit was projected on a four-year cycle which relies heavily on money generated from international tours. Only lower-profile New Zealand and Pakistan toured Australia in the financial year. CA director…

  • Morrison takes bat to cricket chiefs over gender policy

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    The sport’s national governing body has released an elite-level policy and guidelines for community cricket that allows players to compete in line with their gender identity, rather than the sex they were born with. But Morrison believes local sport should be driven by community clubs. “I think it’s pretty heavy-handed to put it pretty mildly,”…

  • Upheaval continues at Cricket Australia

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    Howard, who was in charge of CA’s high-performance unit and intended to depart when his contract expired after the 2019 Ashes, will leave next week. Former Australia captain Belinda Clark, another member of CA’s executive, will perform Howard’s job on an interim basis until the governing body settles on a permanent replacement. Amarfio, CA’s general…

  • Cricketers’ union wants player bans lifted immediately

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    Monday’s independent review report, commissioned after the Cape Town ball-tampering furore, highlighted Cricket Australia’s “arrogant” culture and noted “responsibility for that larger picture lies with CA and not just the players held directly responsible for the appalling incident at Newlands”. The ACA today formally called upon CA’s board to act in light of The Ethics…

  • Cricket Australia undeterred by players’ lack of engagement

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    Just 29 per cent of current Australian cricketers chose to have their say in the independent survey which formed the basis of Monday’s damning 145-page report. But Roberts, CA’s front man for last year’s protracted and bitter pay negotiations, was far from put-off by the lacklustre response to the culture survey. “We would obviously hope to receive…

  • Cricket Australia’s culture clobbered by independent review

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    The Ethics Centre’s 145-page report, compiled after CA asked the think tank to conduct a full and frank assessment after the Cape Town cheating scandal, is a snapshot of the views of 469 people in the industry. The seminal document paints a grim picture of the governing body’s culture and its link with the environment…

  • Cricket Australia boss to stand down

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    Sutherland has given 12 months’ notice, with the former first-class cricketer to continue in the post until his replacement is found. Sutherland was appointed in 2001 as Malcolm Speed’s successor at the then Australian Cricket Board, overseeing plenty of highs and lows in a remarkably long tenure for a CEO of a major sporting body.…

  • Arrogant Cricket Australia chases dollars at the expense of the game

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    Cricket Australia (CA) must be one of the most arrogant and discredited sporting organisations in Australia at present. CA’s decision to scrap an upcoming series against Bangladesh in the Top End last week did not attract the publicity it should have. It was a mind-boggling decision and one that shows how little they value the…

  • Sayers missing from “white ball” focused cricket contract list

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    South Australian cricketers had a mixed result, with Redbacks Kane Richardson and Alex Carey making the list for the first time but swing bowler Chadd Sayers – fresh from his Test debut – missing out again and leggie Adam Zampa dropped. Redbacks captain Travis Head has retained his place. Bowlers Kane Richardson, Jhye Richardson and…

  • Suddenly, England have a prayer

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    What a difference a day makes. It’s a Spanish song in its origins, given English words and made immortal rather a long time ago by Dinah Washington, but it deserved to be played and perhaps even sung in the England dressing-room at Adelaide Oval last night. What a difference a day made! Twenty-four little hours…