Cricket Australia slashes 40 jobs from head office
Cricket Australia has announced 40 people have lost their jobs at the sport's governing body as part of a $40 million cost-saving package delivered on Wednesday.
A day after Kevin Roberts' departure as chief executive was confirmed, there are more personnel walking out the door after a painful round of redundancies at head office.
Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings.Credit:Eddie Jim
“We recognise that this is a difficult time for Cricket Australia employees, particularly for those staff members affected by these redundancies and their families," CA chairman Earl Eddings said in a statement.
"However, our responsibility is clear: to navigate a path for cricket through this period of uncertainty and disruption to ensure we come out the other side sustainable in the short term and prosperous in the long term.”
CA said 40 jobs had been lost in the staff cuts on Wednesday, adding to the more than 150 that have already gone around the state associations since the start of the pandemic. The reset of CA's operations was part of cost reductions of $40m a year to help cover losses in revenue from areas such as match attendances and costs such as biosecurity measures.
Among the casualties are international tours for Australia A teams, which have been put on hold, Cricket Australia XI fixtures, the national second XI competition and under-15 and under-17 representative teams.
Top-level domestic competitions, such as the Sheffield Shield and Women's National Cricket League, will continue at their current length. Under-19 male and female representative teams will also be retained.
There was another win for the Australian Cricketers Association with the decentralisation of player development, leaving question marks about the future of the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.
Budgets will be reduced in administration, travel, and marketing and advertising, bonuses will be scrapped for senior management and there will be pay reductions for those at executive level.
“This is a difficult day for cricket," acting CA chief executive Nick Hockley said. "But by pulling together and with more positive signs for the upcoming summer, the Australian cricket family can emerge from this pandemic stronger for it.”
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