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Cricket organisation in Australia
Cricket Australia (CA) is a company which operates some professional and amateur cricket competitions and teams in Australia. It had its origins in the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket', formed in 1905. The company was incorporated in 1982, with members' liability limited by guarantee.
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Premier of New South Wales from 2014 to 2017
Michael Bruce Baird is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from April 2014 to January 2017.
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The former NSW premier has quit the sport’s peak body after losing the support of his home state amid ructions over a proposal for outside investment.
Former NSW premier Mike Baird lost the support of the state’s cricket body because of his decision to push ahead with the sale of clubs in the Big Bash League.
Mike Baird has resigned as Cricket Australia chair and director amid a fallout over the proposed privatisation of the Big Bash League, with former Australia batter David Boon set to take over as interim chair at the organisations AGM in late October.