Australian Cricket Academy
The Australian Cricket Academy, originally located at Henley Beach in Adelaide, was formed in 1987 as a joint initiative of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the Australian Cricket Board (ACB). 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 2004 it was relocated to the Allan Border Field in Brisbane and renamed the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence (CBCOE) .
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 become head coach.[1]
[edit] Notable graduates
- Michael Clarke (NSW)
- Michael Bevan (NSW)
- Greg Blewett (SA)
- Nathan Bracken (NSW)
- Adam Gilchrist (WA)
- Jason Gillespie (SA)
- Brendon Julian (WA)
- Michael Kasprowicz (QLD)
- Simon Katich (WA)
- Justin Langer (WA)
- Brett Lee (NSW)
- Shane Lee (NSW)
- Stuart MacGill (NSW)
- Damien Martyn (WA)
- Glenn McGrath (NSW)
- Ricky Ponting (TAS)
- Michael Slater (NSW)
- Andrew Symonds (QLD)
- Shane Warne (VIC)
- Suresh Raina (INDIA)
[edit] References
- ^ "Troy Cooleys Test exit has Oz spearhead Johnson worried". vcricket.com. 23 October 2010. http://www.vcricket.com/cricket-news/troy-cooley-s-test-exit-has-oz-spearhead-johnson-worried-19192.html. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
[edit] External links
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