The Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) is an organisation that represents the professional first-class cricketers of Australia, both past and present. It is not a formally registered Trade Union, but an Incorporated Association.
History The Australian Cricketer's Association was founded in February 1997 with inaugural president Tim May and was originally served first-class cricketers exclusively.
In 2010, ACA expressed their displeasure towards Cricket Australia (CA) due to the understanding or deal between Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and CA by which the former will pay 10% from the Australian players' IPL salary to CA. Paul Marsh, chief executive of ACA at-the-time stated that their players would oppose this decision by not signing CA, IPL contracts.
Current administration , Christina Matthews is the president of the Australian Cricketers' Association . Paul Marsh—who has previously been CEO of the AFL Players Association—became the CEO of the organisation in 2025. The chairman is Greg Healy, and the remaining members of the Board of Directors are Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja, Beth Mooney, Lisa Sthalekar, Janet Torney, Darren Tucker and Ashton Turner.
Player delegates The Australian Cricketers' Association have three types of player delegates to represent Australian professional cricket—state delegates, who represent players in the Sheffield Shield, One-Day Cup and Women's National Cricket League and "W/BBL delegates", who represent players in the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League. , this is the full list of ACA's player delegates.
+ List of player delegates Player State, BBL New South Wales, Sydney Sixers State New South Wales State, WBBL New South Wales Breakers, Sydney Thunder State, WBBL New South Wales Breakers, Sydney Sixers State Queensland State Queensland State Queensland Fire State Queensland Fire State South Australia State South Australia State, WBBL South Australia, Adelaide Strikers State South Australia State Victoria State Victoria State Victoria State, WBBL Victoria, Melbourne Stars State Western Australia State Western Australia State Western Australia State Western Australia State Tasmania State Tasmania State Tasmania State Tasmania Tigers State Tasmania Tigers State, WBBL Tasmania Tigers, Hobart Hurricanes State ACT Meteors State ACT Meteors BBL Adelaide Strikers, Australia BBL Brisbane Heat WBBL Brisbane Heat BBL Hobart Hurricanes BBL Melbourne Renegades WBBL Melbourne Renegades BBL Melbourne Stars WBBL Perth Scorchers BBL Sydney Thunder
References
External links Website ACA Life Members