Cricket Australia (CA) has dealt with another blow as former Test player Michael Kasprowicz has quit as the director on Wednesday. He is also one of the longest-serving directors on the CA Board, and his resignation is quite shocking, especially after he took this call weeks after former Chief Executive Kevin Robert’s controversial exit from the organization.
This news about his resignation was confirmed by Cricket Australia (CA) Earl Eddings.
“Michael has been a servant of Australian Cricket as a former International player, ACA President, Interim CEO of Queensland Cricket, and a member of the Board for eight years. He is a long-standing member of the cricket family and we thank him for his contribution,” Eddings said in a statement.
“As I did on the field, I believe I have given absolutely everything to this position and over the years have enjoyed the opportunity to represent every stakeholder of cricket in this country. The experience has been an honour and an absolute privilege, but now is the right time for me to step down,” he added.
According to media reports, the main reason behind his resignation is he didn’t like the current leadership in the Board. And also that the focus inside the Board was more of making money than developing the infrastructure for the budding cricketers in the country.
Chris Simpson, the chairman of the Queensland cricket also spoke about things not going right within the Australian cricket board as he said, “The centralized model or the behemoth that CA has morphed into has consumed all aspects of cricket, assumed the role of the master of all matters cricket”.
Michael has played 38 test matches and scored 445 runs and took 113 wickets whereas in ODI he played 43 matches and took 67 wickets at a bowling average of 24.98.
