Cricket Australia Appoints Nick Hockley Interim CEO as Roberts Resigns

Business Standard Cricket Australia appoints Nick Hockley interim CEO as Roberts resigns

CA chairman Eddings thanked Roberts for his service to cricket during his eight years at CA, initially as a board member and more recently as Chief Executive.

Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive Kevin Roberts resigned on Tuesday and was replaced by T20 World Cup CEO Nick Hockley in an interim role, the change coming at a time when the Board is under severe financial stress due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

CA chairman Earl Eddings announced the decision via live stream, saying the Board needed fresh leadership to move on from the disruption that engulfed the organisation in the past few months.

"The CA Board has accepted his resignation and announced the appointment of Nick Hockley, currently Chief Executive of the ICC T20 World Cup, as Interim Chief Executive, effective immediately," the CA said in a statement.

The leadership change comes ahead of an operational reset for the organisation to be detailed later in the week.

"Cricket, like all national sports, has been going through a period of significant change and in recent months we have had the added uncertainty delivered by Covid-19," Eddings said in the statement.

"The entire cricket community has been affected and difficult decisions have been and will continue to be necessary to ensure that cricket at every level is in the best shape it can be now and in the future."