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."
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