Australian Cricket Academy
Cricket training centre
The Australian Cricket Academy was founded in 1987 as a joint initiative of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the Australian Cricket Board (ACB). It was initially located at Henley Beach in Adelaide before moving to the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Queensland in 2004 and renamed the "Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence".
It was designed to be a finishing school for leading young cricketers and is a program within the AIS. It was for some time known as the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy as part of a sponsorship arrangement with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
In 1997, to celebrate the Academy's tenth anniversary, a team of graduates called the Australian Cricket Academy XI (captained by Stuart Law) played an Australian XI. The match was tied.
The current manager is the retired captain of the Australian women's cricket team, Belinda Clark. At the end of the 2010–11 Ashes series, Troy Cooley became head coach.
Notable graduates
Australia
Other
Jason Gallian (England)
Murray Goodwin (Zimbabwe)
Douglas Marillier (Zimbabwe)
Martin McCague (England)
Suresh Raina (India)
Expellees
David Warner (NSW) was expelled in 2007
Aaron Finch (VIC) was expelled in 2007
Shane Warne (VIC) was expelled in the early 1990s
See also
Cricket in Queensland
References
External links
National Cricket Centre in Brisbane
"Graduates: Australian Institute of Sport". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
Australian Cricket Board (2 May 2003).
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