David Peever resigns as Cricket Australia chairman from immediate effect [Post #11]

[giri26]

David Peever has been re-elected as Cricket Australia chairman at the governing body's annual general meeting on Thursday.

Peever's reappointment comes days before the release of reviews into the governing body and the national men's team, commissioned after the ball tampering scandal in South Africa.

He is the sole senior office bearer to remain in his post following the departures of on-field leaders Steve Smith and David Warner, chief executive James Sutherland, who finishes his tenure on Thursday, coach Darren Lehmann and team performance boss Pat Howard, who is not seeking a new contract after his deal expires next year.

Peever was a key player in the bitter pay war last year with the players union.

Earl Eddings is the new deputy chair of CA and will replace Peever in three years' time.

Long-serving director Tony Harrison has resigned from the board, replaced by Paul Green, who previously served as Cricket Tasmania's deputy chairman.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...icket-australia-chairman-20181025-p50btt.html

 

[Junaids]

Perfect.

This guy’s unreconstructed industrial thuggery will ensure that Australian cricket remains in the gutter, or should I say dustbin, for the next three years.

David Peever is the corporate equivalent of Dave Warner. An inadequate little man who relies upon bullying and thuggery to achieve what he wants.

This is the man who considered Rio Tinto mining staff to be 100% replacable, and attacked their pay and conditions as a corporate strategy.

He did the same to the Australian mens’ Cricket Team last year.

With the consequence that thanks to his behaviour, Australia has just played a Test series with Mitchell Marsh batting at Number 4 and Travis Head at Number 5.

For an Englishman like me, David Peever at the helm of Cricket Australia is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Junaids]

Incidentally, at the risk of making [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] and [MENTION=134300]Tusker[/MENTION] die of shock, I now want to see India whitewash Australia 4-0 next month in the Test series.

I love Paine and Cummins. But Cricket Australia needs to go into a state of crisis now.

 

[giri26]

MEDIA RELEASE

October 25, 2018

Cricket Australia announces annual results for 2017-18

Significant growth in participation and attendance has reinforced Australian Cricket’s upward trajectory, with today’s annual general meeting hearing that the first twelve months of the five-year strategy has resulted in critical milestones for the game.

The 2017-18 financial year resulted in an operating surplus of $8.3 million compared with an operating deficit of $50.8 million last financial year, with the result in line with budgetary expectations and Cricket Australia’s (CA) four-year, Long Range Plan (LRP).

This marks the first year of the four-year budget cycle which is created to account for fluctuations in international broadcast revenue.

Domestically, a significant highlight was welcoming the return of FOX SPORTS as a broadcast partner as well as Seven West Media as cricket’s free-to-air partner, with the broadcast rights negotiation resulting in a new agreement worth $1.182 billion over a six-year period.

The new broadcast deal has allowed CA to allocate $35 million over the next three years to grow and support community cricket, building from the foundations laid over the last 12 months.

The 2017-18 National Cricket Census showed 1,558,821 Australians engaged in cricket competitions or programs - an increase of nine percent from the previous year.

Thirty percent of cricket’s participants are now female, whilst six in every 10 new participants are female, one of the highest year-on-year participation growth figures CA has experienced.

More than 2.3 million people attended cricket during the 2017-18 summer, witnessing both men’s and women’s ashes secured, surpassing the record of 1.8 million set in 2016-17.

In accordance with the Cricket Australia constitution, three directors retired by rotation at the meeting – David Peever, Dr Lachlan Henderson, and Michael Kasprowicz.

The nominations committee moved to re-elect all three directors, which was supported unanimously by the members.

Following 16 years of service on the board of Cricket Australia Tony Harrison announced his retirement as a Director with effect from the end of the meeting.

The Nominations Committee recommended the election of Mr Paul Green to the Cricket Australia Board and that was unanimously supported by the members.

Speaking on the results of the past year, Cricket Australia Chairman, David Peever said:

“It is with pleasure that I present the 2017-18 annual report for Cricket Australia. It has been 12 months since Australian cricket unveiled its new five-year strategy. A strategy that places more emphasis on participants and volunteers as well as cricket experiences for fans than ever before.

“As many of you know, today is James’ last day as CEO of Cricket Australia. On behalf of the Board, I’d like to thank James for his service, and take this opportunity to make a few reflections on what has been an outstanding tenure as CEO over more than 17 years.

“So much in world cricket and Australian cricket has changed during this time, but due to his stewardship Australian cricket is in a great position to continue to succeed over the next 20 years. James leaves a strong foundation to meet the future demands of our game, and his achievements do not go unrecognised.

“In almost every measure, James’ tenure has been truly remarkable and has taken cricket to new heights and we wish James well for whatever the future brings, and welcome Kevin Roberts as his successor.

“There have been some changes to the Board, and I’d to make special mention of Tony Harrison for his outstanding service to the Board over a period of 16 years.

“Tony brought significant public affairs and marketing skills and experience to the Cricket Australia board, and throughout his time on the board has always maintained close contact with the cricket community.

“Tony has a great passion for women’s cricket and always prosecuted these matters with great vigour. Tony was chairman of our women’s cricket sub-committee for several years and played a vital role in the formal affiliation of the women’s game with Cricket Australia in 2003.

“The Board thanks Tony for his outstanding service to cricket, and we look forward to welcoming Paul Green to the Board, and we know that Paul will serve Australian Cricket well.

“In addition, I’d like to express my congratulations to Earl Eddings on his appointment as Deputy Chairman.

“Earl joined the CA Board in 2008, and is currently Co-Chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cricket Advisory Committee, and he will continue to serve cricket in this important role.

“Overall, the past year has heralded another year of strong financial performance for Australian cricket, and in April we were pleased to announce a new six-year broadcast rights agreement with the Seven Network and Fox Sports.

“This strong financial position has enabled CA to commit record levels of investment in community cricket, highlighted by our recent announcement of $35 million into grassroots cricket over the next three years.

“It is critical that we continue to invest in the grassroots of our game to support cricket’s expanding participant base growth, and that is exactly what this $35 million investment will do,” said Mr Peever.

Departing Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland said:

“It has been an absolute privilege to work for cricket.

“Cricket is a game that has always meant so much to so many Australians.

“Indeed, as we have often discussed, there was an Australian Cricket Team before there was an Australian nation. In many ways cricket helped to define Australia as a nation.

“More than ever before, our sport is a game for all Australians, young and old, male and female, regardless of national or cultural background.

“As we know, it is an issues-rich sport, with frequent controversies and occasional disappointments. The public’s deep affection for the game is not taken for granted, but as we have seen over the years, it does ensure that the sport is resilient in the face of difficult times.

“Away from the public eye, we have seen cricket’s administration adopt a one-team mindset nationally, together with our state and territory associations, and under the guidance of a board of independent directors.

“This has been no easy task, but through a spirit of collaboration cricket is all the better for having done it and we now work collectively with an aligned interest in the national strategy.

“It has been a great honour, and a continuing education, to work with a range of chairmen and dedicated directors, to work with so many professional staff at CA and across the states and territories, and to meet and get to know so many passionate and effective community volunteers.

“Cricket has changed almost constantly since it was first played centuries ago – and indeed during my 20 years at Cricket Australia.

“My successors and in turn, their successors, will need to remain focused on the changing needs of Australian society as our nation continues to evolve, but in a manner that remains true to our cricket community and the spirit of cricket.

“Cricket has a bright and exciting future ahead of it – and I am confident that cricket will over the coming decade continue to enhance its status as Australia’s favourite sport and a sport for all Australians,” concluded Mr Sutherland.

 

[Abdullah719]

Cricket Australia report into culture of men's team out on Monday

A review into the culture of the Australian cricket team will be made public next week and has not been delayed, the chairman of Cricket Australia (CA) has said.

David Peever, who as re-elected as chairman for another three years at the organisation's annual general meeting on Thursday, said the report from the Ethics Centre would be released on Monday, after the CA board had discussed it with stakeholders.

"There has been no delay. We didn't get a final copy of the review until this week," said Peever.

"We have always said they will be released before the start of the international men's summer, which is what is happening."

CA commissioned the comprehensive review of its organisation and the men's team after a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa earlier this year threw the team into turmoil.

Captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and batsman Cameron Bancroft were banned for their roles in the scandal.

The ball-tampering scandal was seen as a watershed for the sport in Australia with CA launching the root-and-branch review and ordering a charter governing player behaviour.

Since the scandal broke, coach Darren Lehmann has resigned, while chief executive James Sutherland, said he would step down from his role after almost 20 years in the job, although he insisted the incident had no bearing on his decision.

He will be replaced by former deputy Kevin Roberts.

Peever, whose own position as chairman was under criticism from the local players' association, refused to divulge what was in the report's recommendations.

"I don't want to pre-empt any of the conversations," Peever said. "We accept our share of the responsibility of events.

"Tomorrow at our board meeting, we'll be going through the recommendations with a view of trying to be clear [in what CA's response will be]."

https://www.skysports.com/cricket/n...eport-into-culture-of-mens-team-out-on-monday

 

[Tusker]

Incidentally, at the risk of making [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] and [MENTION=134300]Tusker[/MENTION] die of shock, I now want to see India whitewash Australia 4-0 next month in the Test series.

I love Paine and Cummins. But Cricket Australia needs to go into a state of crisis now.

Indeed ...I just noticed a palpable increase in my heart rate after reading that ...

 

[Junaids]

Quite hilariously, Cricket Australia issued their self-congratulatory press release and re-appointed Peever a few hours after Australia was bowled all out for 89.

And when they have lost 3 of their last 4 Test matches by more than 300 runs.

Under Peever’s watch he has antagonised the players so badly that now Mitchell Marsh is his Test Number 4, averaging 26.

 

[MenInG]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/crick...r/news-story/f09d4b8b40d275131799230404a5fea9

UNDER fire Cricket Australia chairman Dvid Peever has reportedly been forced to walk away from his position as the head of Australian cricket.

He repeatedly declared during the Cricket Australia cultural review press conferences on Monday that he had no intention to resign.

However, The Australian reports a phone call from a state administrator on Thursday forced Peever to pull the pin on his chairmanship.

Peever was unanimously re-elected at Cricket Australia’s annual general meeting (AGM) last Friday, at which point state associations were yet to read The Ethics Centre’s scathing report into Cricket Australia’s “bullying” and “arrogant” culture.

It had bee reported earlier this week that disgruntled administrators were unwilling to attempt a coup to force Peever’s resignation.

Behind the scenes, however, their voices were clearly heard.

The Herald Sun reported Peever tendered his resignation to the board before a meeting of directors on Thursday afternoon.

His decision to walk away will reportedly be confirmed by Cricket Australia as early as Thursday afternoon.

Gone.

It ends a tumultuous period for Australian cricket where Australia’s reputation around the cricketing world has taken a beating while the game has simultaneously taken giant strides forward in the commercial sphere — highlighted by a record $1.2 billion TV rights deal.

Peever’s decision to walk means captain Steve Smith, coach Darren Lehmann, CEO James Sutherland and high performance manager Pat Howard have all vacated their position since the ball-tampering scandal rocked Australian cricket during the tour of South Africa.

It’s understood the appetite for change across the Aussie cricket state associations varied dramatically around the country as late as Thursday morning.

To oust Peever, the state associations needed to call an extraordinary general meeting and then form a two-thirds majority vote in favour of removing the chairman.

As the states considered their positions, there were widespread public calls for long-serving board member Mark Taylor to replace Peever as chairman.

Mark Taylor is the early front-runner to replace Peever.

“Everyone is jumping the gun in terms of wanting to make widespread changes,” Taylor told Wide World of Sports.

“Let’s wait for things to settle down in the coming weeks, see how the dust settles and work out what’s best for the game.

“I serve as chairman at the pleasure of the board and I serve as a director at the pleasure of our owners, the states,” he said.

Former captain Ian Chappell argued players have every right to feel angry and disillusioned given Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Banrcoft are the only three individuals to receive any form of sanction despite Monday’s findings.

“I played in the time when it was master-servant relationship. It seems to me he (Peever) is trying to take it back to that level. Ridiculous,” Chappell told the ABC.

“If the buck stopped with him, he’d be gone.”

Aussie cricket great Simon Katich also called for Peever’s head.

“The states will have that decision to make, probably in the coming week if they seek fit,” former Test opener Katich told radio station SEN.

“He’s probably going to have to think long and hard about his tenure as chairman. Because it hasn’t been an ideal couple of years under his watch.

“The ball-tampering scandal has happened under his watch. The MoU negotiation happened under his watch.

“After what happened last year there’s a lot of mistrust (between players and administrators).”

Former England captain Michael Atherton said Peever “will be lucky to survive”.

“It is hard to see how David Peever, the chairman, can remain in his post,” Atherton wrote in The Times.

— with AAP

 

[Junaids]

Cricket Australia Chairman deposed

It had to happen.

After David Peever rammed through his re-election before releasing the damning reviews into the Win At All Costs culture, the states which elected him have withdrawn their support.

What a mess.

Open conflict with the elite players a year ago about contracts.

Best two batsmen banned.

Three of the last four Tests lost by more than 300 runs.

 

[Junaids]

The entire print, radio and TV media in Australia coalesced this week to make Peever’s position untenable.

The key parties were the former cricketers Ian Chappell and Simon Katich, and the former rugby union star Peter FitzSimons.

This is not Pakistan, where Ehsan Mani comfortably survives the ludicrous utterings of Mohsin Khan.

A key problem now will be the TV deal.

Peever engineered the ouster of Kerry Packer’s Channel Nine, but also the highly legally dubious move of ODI and T20i cricket to subscription TV.

The general public hasn’t noticed the loss of free to air ODI coverage yet.

When they do, I suspect it won’t just damage Cricket Australia, but also the Liberal/National coalition government, which ignored that the deal broke its own anti-siphoning laws, which only permit Pay-TV coverage if free TV doesn’t bid to cover the matches.

And free to air Channel Nine most certainly did bid to cover those matches.

 

[MenInG]

Statement from Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia has today confirmed that Mr David Peever has announced his resignation as Chairman of the Board of Cricket Australia, effective immediately.

The Board has appointed Deputy Chair, Mr Earl Eddings, as interim Chair and will undertake the necessary process to make a permanent appointment.

Mr Eddings said:

“We thank David for his service.

“He has played a pivotal role in the elevation of women’s cricket, and the significant growth in attendance and participation.

“He should also be acknowledged for his efforts in improving funding to the ICC full member nations outside Australia, England and India; overhauling governance of the ICC and reforming the Future Tours program, among a long list of achievements.

“We look forward to continuing the important process of recovering and rebuilding for Cricket Australia and Australian Cricket.

“The Board is keenly aware that we have a way to go to earn back the trust of the cricket community. We and the executive team are determined to make cricket stronger.”

 

[Junaids]

Even the Far-Right gutter media in Australia - the Fox News clone that is Sky News Australia - is gloating at Peever’s demise.

But, given that it is a Murdoch bed-mate of the new subscription broadcaster, they are rather coy about covering how the lower bidder got the TV rights!

 

[Junaids]

Ball tampering casualties so far:

Captain
Vice captain
Coach
High Performance Manager
Chief Executive
Chairman of the Board

 

[giri26]

Time isn’t right for Mark Taylor to take over as Cricket Australia chairman, says Ian Healy

THE time isn’t right for Australian cricket legend Mark Taylor to become the chair of Cricket Australia, according to his former teammate Ian Healy.

Taylor has been anointed as a potential successor to replace David Peever by former CA chair’s Malcolm Speed and Bob Merriman.

But Healy isn’t convinced Taylor’s time is now.

“Mark Taylor would be a very good chairman, but again they’ve gone from internally with Kevin Roberts as CEO appointment to replace James Sutherland,” Healy told Fox Sports News on Thursday night.

“I just think he might be a victim, Tubby, in that anyone who presided over that culture when the Longstaff review was handed down, how can we make them chairman?”

Healy said a bigger priority for Australian cricket was replacing outgoing high performance manager Pat Howard, who will leave the job after next year’s Ashes.

“The major position they’ve got to get right or closer to right is the high performance director — the man who’s responsible for performing cricketers around the country,” Healy said.

“I think Pat Howard was positioned wrongly, above our greatest experts. We had a non-cricketer who had reports from the chairman of selections, the Australian coach, the Australian captain — he’s got to be underneath them if it’s a non-cricketer. Our high performance director should be under the experts in those positions.”

Peever was forced to resign following outrage after the release of the Longstaff review.

“He’s probably been unfairly singled out, Dave Peever. The perception of David Peever is different to the actual man, but it does paint question marks over the whole board,” Healy said.

“Just the way one handles a high-pressure situation as a one-off is not reason enough to cost that sort of job.”

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...s/news-story/21310f6d1a0504477b1ec882b964e6af

 

[wrongun]

Tubby sat there and said yes to Howard, yes to Peever. He's a yes man. Whole board should go, Tubby included.