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The Australian Cricket Academy was founded in 1987 as a joint initiative of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the Australian Cricket Board (ACB). It was initially located at Henley Beach in Adelaide before moving to the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Queensland in 2004 and renamed the "Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence".

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.

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]

Notable graduates

Australia

Other

Expellees

David Warner (NSW) was expelled in 2007^[3]
Aaron Finch (VIC) was expelled in 2007^[4]
Shane Warne (VIC) was expelled in the early 1990s^[4]

References

^ "Troy Cooley's Test exit has Oz spearhead Johnson worried". vcricket.com. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ "Douglas Marillier to attend Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in Australia". ESPNcricinfo. 17 August 2000.
^ Earle, Richard (13 June 2013). "South Australian Michael Klinger could be the answer for Australia in wake of Dave Warner incident". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Cosgrove sent home from cricket academy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

External links

National Cricket Centre in Brisbane
"Graduates: Australian Institute of Sport". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
Australian Cricket Board (2 May 2003). "ACB and AIS announce 2003 Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy scholars". ESPNcricinfo.

[1] "Troy Cooley's Test exit has Oz spearhead Johnson worried". vcricket.com. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[2] "Douglas Marillier to attend Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in Australia". ESPNcricinfo. 17 August 2000.

[3] Earle, Richard (13 June 2013). "South Australian Michael Klinger could be the answer for Australia in wake of Dave Warner incident". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[The_Sydney_Morning_Herald_2007-4] "Cosgrove sent home from cricket academy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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