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Cricket Australia bans ABC from post-match player interviews after Stuart Clark's remarks
Summary
Cricket Australia has barred the ABC from conducting post‑match radio interviews with players after former player Stuart Clark made critical remarks about Cricket Australia officials, and CEO Todd Greenberg described those comments as a personal attack and out of order.
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Cricket Australia has barred the ABC from conducting post-match radio interviews with players. The decision follows on-air remarks by former player and Cricket NSW board member Stuart Clark that criticised senior Cricket Australia figures. Chief executive Todd Greenberg publicly described the comments as a personal attack on James Allsopp and George Bailey and said the remarks were out of order. There has been no public timeline announced for any change to the media restriction.
Known details:
- Cricket Australia has restricted the ABC from speaking with players in post-match radio interviews.
- Stuart Clark spoke on the ABC and criticised James Allsopp and George Bailey, questioning their authority and leadership.
- Todd Greenberg said the remarks amounted to a personal attack and were not comments attributed to Cricket NSW but to Stuart Clark personally.
- Greenberg said he would not engage in a "war of words" with Clark but had told him the comments overstepped the mark.
Summary:
The ban limits the ABC's post-match access to players and highlights a dispute between media commentary and cricket administrators. Undetermined at this time.
