Todd Greenberg addressed the Ash Gardner-Georgia Voll relationship on SEN during the lunch break and said additional policies have been put in place by Cricket Australia to ensure there are no conflicts of interest at selection given Gardner remains Australian vice-captain.
“It is a very personal matter for the player, and I think there’s a level of respect that needs to go with that,” the Cricket Australia CEO said. “Cricket’s got very strong respect-at-work policies, so we’ve got a policy that’s been developed over time that can deal with these sorts of things.
Australia’s Ash Gardner.Getty Images
“Ash is a highly regarded leader in our system. The CA board make leadership decisions and have oversight over all leadership decisions. Ash is our vice-captain for a reason, because she’s highly regarded, but what we will do is in situations where there are personal relationships, is make sure there are additional guardrails, so the perception of conflict or conflict itself, talking about things like selection, are handled appropriately and respectfully.
“We’ve got policies in place but we will put additional ones in place given Ash is now vice-captain. If there are relationships that have been disclosed and they have been, then we will make sure that conflict – perceived or real – around selections are removed, so Ash is not involved in those things.
“It was new news in the media, but for those that were in the team and leading the team, we’ve been well across this for a period of time.”
Greenberg reiterated that the episode did not influence the decision to appoint Sophie Molineux captain, ahead of Gardner, earlier this year.