Cricket Australia elect new deputy chairman

Jack Clarke has been elected as the new deputy chairman of Cricket Australia. Clarke, 53, has been a CA director since 1999 and is the chairman of the board's Playing Conditions Committee.

Although his playing career was modest - he represented Glenelg in Adelaide's club cricket - Clarke has been on the South Australian Cricket Association board since 1987. Creagh O'Connor, CA's chairman, said the appointment of Clarke, who is an Adelaide-based partner in the national law firm Hunt and Hunt, was a positive move.

"Jack has been a hard-working servant on behalf of Australian cricket for many years and I look forward to working with him to ensure the continued success of cricket in this country," O' Connor said.