{"id":250043,"date":"2025-10-30T03:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250043\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T03:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:12:15","slug":"cricket-australia-defends-11-3m-loss-arising-from-india-visit-amid-criticism-from-victorian-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250043\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia defends $11.3m loss arising from India visit amid criticism from Victorian chair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cricket Australia (CA) insists record numbers are ahead despite losing more than $11 million in a summer that included a five-Test tour from goliath India.<\/p>\n

Announcing a loss of $11.3 million for the 2024\/25 financial year, CA received strong criticism from Cricket Victoria chair Ross Hepburn during the annual general meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It comes just two days after CA confirmed it was cutting operational and financial support for indoor cricket<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CA chief executive Todd Greenberg “welcomed” Hepburn’s comments, acknowledging Australian cricket had gone through a difficult period.<\/p>\n

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Todd Greenberg is confident about the direction of the sport despite the criticism from Ross Hepburn. (Getty Images: Cricket Australia\/Josh Chadwick)<\/p>\n

“In saying that we’re looking down the barrel of what I think will be the biggest summer in Australian cricket history by way of viewership, crowds, revenues,” Greenberg said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“So [I’m] very optimistic [that] when I stand in front of you in 12 months’ time, there’ll be a significant injection of cash into the game.”<\/p>\n

The loss was significantly less severe than in 2023\/24, when more than $30 million went out the door.<\/p>\n

But the numbers appear staggering when considering the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was bumped from four to five Tests, with huge crowds and TV audiences watching Australia win a thrilling series 3-1.<\/p>\n

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Australia and India did not play any white ball cricket last summer. (AAP: Lukas Koch)<\/p>\n

However, India did not play any white-ball games last summer, instead playing ODI and T20s in Australia currently.<\/p>\n

The eight men’s matches against India will then be followed by the Ashes, starting in Perth on November 21.<\/p>\n

“In a normal scheduling you’d have the white-ball cricket as part of that [Test] tour, but that’s being played in this financial year,” CA chair Mike Baird said.<\/p>\n

“If they were in the same financial year, you would have seen a different position.<\/p>\n

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“We’re in a position where it’s a significant uplift, an over $20 million improvement.<\/p>\n

“Hang on to your hats because next year we are going to have a record year in cricket.<\/p>\n

“You’re going to see the most attendance, the most viewership, the most sponsorship.<\/p>\n

“It is undoubtedly going to be the biggest year that cricket has ever seen.”<\/p>\n

CA is also considering whether to accept private money coming into the Big Bash League.<\/p>\n

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The BBL could be spruced up by private ownership in the coming years. (AAP: Linda Higginson)<\/p>\n

After starting in 2011, the BBL could undergo a radical change if the likes of Indian Premier League owners become involved in the competition.<\/p>\n

“It’s the biggest decision in generations,” Baird said.<\/p>\n

“We have to get that right.<\/p>\n

“We’re only interested if it’s great for fans, it’s great for players, and ultimately, unless it is, we’re not interested.<\/p>\n

“So we have to consider it, and we are considering it.”<\/p>\n

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