David Peever resigns as president of Cricket Australia

David Peever resigned as president of Cricket Australia a week after being re-elected. New three-year term © Getty

David Peever resigned as president of Cricket Australia a week after being re-elected for a new three-year term. Peever's resignation comes as a result of a stern reaction following Longstaff's review, the results of which were released earlier this week, Earl Hiddings was appointed chairman of the board

In their joint review of cricket culture in Australia following the balloon falsification scandal in Newlands, Dr. Simon Longstaff of the Center for Ethics and former drummer Rick McCosker said that the board of directors was complicit in the development of an arrogant environment.

Peever was unanimously re-elected by the states to the presidency of the CA's Annual General Meeting last Friday. However, this reelection took place three days before the publication of the review of the Center of Ethics, Peever's decision to delay the publication of the review being the subject of reelection. a generalized general reaction. Subsequently, three of the six states – NSW, Western Australia and Victoria – withdrew their support to the president, who had insisted he quit his duties on Monday.

"I accept responsibility for what happened in South Africa, but I am also very confident that we are well positioned to move forward," said Peever after the publication of the cultural magazine. He had also reaffirmed his desire to continue his term on the ABC report from 7:30 pm Monday night, describing the saga of falsifying the ball as a "hiccup". As support dwindled around him and amid growing demands for resignation, he finally decided to pull out on Thursday.

Peever's departure completes a complete list of changes made to the Australian Cricket Leadership Group. The men's teams are currently led by Tim Paine (Tests) and Aaron Finch (T20Is & ODI) succeeding Steve Smith. The former first, Justin Langer, replaced Darren Lehmann as head coach. At the Annual General Meeting, Kevin Roberts officially took over from James Sutherland as General Manager of the Board of Directors, the latter taking over after 17 years of power.