Cricket Australia's (CA) board of directors face extinction as they digest a review which is expected to recommend radical changes to the way the sport is governed.
The review into the governance of CA is likely to recommend the 14-man state aligned board be replaced with an independent commission.
David Crawford, who helped create the AFL's commission, and Colin Carter, one of the league's first commissioners, will present their review at a two-day CA board meeting in Melbourne on Wednesday and Thursday.
Australian Cricketers Association president Greg Dyer says the Crawford/Carter review is a vitally important document, even more than this year's Argus Report which recommended sweeping changes to the game.
"On the scale of importance, the Argus Report was a two out of 10, this is nine because it goes to the very foundation of the way the game is run. We need to have a governance model which is best practice," Dyer said.
"We should get a fully independent and qualified board that has the full skill set that is required to run the modern business of cricket.
"The historic model when people are appointed by state to look after their state's interests is the wrong model."
Currently, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia each have three places on the board, Western Australia and Queensland have two votes each and Tasmania one.
Dyer has suggested cutting the board to a maximum of nine members, elected for their skills and abilities, not because of their allegiance to a state.
"I don't think you see BHP with a 14-man board. It can't work effectively, you can't get the best out of 14 people sitting around a board table," he said.
Even new CA chairman Wally Edwards admits the current model is blighted by conflict of interests and an unwieldy board.
"We have too many people on the board. I don't think Cricket Australia needs 14 directors," Edwards told a lunch of the Australian Cricket Society in Melbourne last month.
"To be on the board, you have to be on a state board. Therefore, where do your allegiances lie? Conflicts of interest, all that stuff.
"So I think we have to change. It's a matter now of getting that process underway, which we will be at our next board meeting, I expect."
Edwards has said he was prepared to stand down if Crawford and Carter found a better model.
AAP
Tags: cricket, sport, australia First posted December 06, 2011 17:55:39
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