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Cricket Australia - Definition and Overview |
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Cricket Australia, formerly the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional cricket in Australia.
Cricket Australia operates the Australian cricket team, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other nations. It also organises domestic cricket in Australia, including the Pura Cup first-class competition and the domestic one-day competition.
Cricket Australia is in charge of regional development of cricket in the Pacific region, under the International Cricket Council's development program.
Domestic cricket
Australia's two major domestic first-class competitions are the Pura Cup (four day first class competition) and the ING Cup (List A one-day competition). Six teams take part in these competitions:
The teams play a round-robin series of home and away matches against every other team, followed by a final.
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