Cricket Australia - Definition and Overview

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:

• New South Wales Blues (New South Wales)
• Queensland Bulls (Queensland)
• Southern Redbacks (South Australia)
• Tasmanian Tigers (Tasmania)
• Victorian Bushrangers (Victoria)
• Western Warriors (Western Australia)

The teams play a round-robin series of home and away matches against every other team, followed by a final.

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