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David Boon on front foot as Cricket Australia hands new boss a sticky wicket
Source: Sport | The Guardian · Published

Australia’s former No 3 faces one of his biggest tests as he takes the reins as CA interim chair with BBL privatisation only the first task of many David Boon walked on to one of the stickier wickets in Australian sport on Wednesday, after Cricket Australia warned the national pa
Australia’s former No 3 faces one of his biggest tests as he takes the reins as CA interim chair with BBL privatisation only the first task of many David Boon walked on to one of the stickier wickets in Australian sport on Wednesday, after Cricket Australia warned the national pastime faces years of financial losses and a period of “cost minimisation”. The outlook is grim, and that’s without a glance towards a cricketing world of emboldened match-fixers and upturned by Indian interests, facing an Australian summer that is no longer the country’s own . The moustached former Test No 3 batter was sent into the middle due to the ousting of Mike Baird, whose place as chair was pulled out from under him by New South Wales officials unhappy at the manner of his pursuit of BBL private investment.
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