MELBOURNE: Earl Eddings on Wednesday down when Chairman of the Australian Cricket After losing support from several states and Richard Freudenstein was given the role of a temporary head in front of the GMS sports body on Thursday.
The development came less than a month after Eddings, who took over as a temporary chairman in 2018, unanimously supported by the CA Council to serve the second term.
Eddings appeared into the picture when David Peever resigned after the CA cultural review followed the episode of Ball-Tubmaring in Cape Town in 2018.
Eddings has decided not to seek re-election at an annual general meeting (GMS).
CA announced that the current director Freudenstein will function as a temporary seat until the permanent seat is installed.
“It’s honor and privileges to be able to serve the sport that I love as a Australian cricket director,” Eddings said in a statement according to Cricket.com.au.
“At that time, and especially during my time as chairman, we have navigated some of the biggest challenges of sports, including rebuilding the trust and reputation of Australian cricket after the Newlands incident and, recently, a big impact of Covid-19 pandemics.
In domestic cricket And internationally.
“” It’s my sincere hope that after my resignation, state and regional associations can unite and work together for the best interests of cricket, allowing focus to return to winter in front of 2021-22.
” According to ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, it is Cricket Queensland and Cricket New South Wales who want change.
CA said they aimed at pointing to a permanent seat before the end of the year “after a strict process involved input from state and regional members”.
Freudenstein is currently Director of Rea Group Limited, Coles Group Limited and is the Chancellor of Sydney University.