ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 THE 148TH ANNUAL AND FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2019 IS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION LTD (SACA) WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE IAN MCLACHLAN ROOM, LEVEL 3, WESTERN STAND AT ADELAIDE OVAL ON MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2019 AT 6PM. CONTENTS 4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 6 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT 8 HIGH PERFORMANCE 10 TEAM REPORTS 18 STATE AWARDS 20 CENSUS 20 CRICKET CONNECTS 21 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET 22 SACA MEMBERSHIP 26 EMERGING REDBACKS 27 COACHING 28 COMMUNITY CRICKET 32 UMPIRING 33 A SPORT FOR ALL 37 COMPETITIONS 41 TOYOTA FUTURES LEAGUE 42 PREMIER CRICKET 46 PREMIER CRICKET FINAL SCORECARDS 51 PREMIER CRICKET TABLES AND AWARDS 57 SACA BOARD AND OFFICE BEARERS 59 FINANCIAL REPORT Front cover: West End Redbacks and Adelaide Strikers captain Travis Head made his Test debut for Australia. Inside cover: Megan Schutt celebrates a wicket with Ellyse Perry during Australia’s ODI win over New Zealand at Karen Rolton Oval. SACA 2018 - 19 LEADING THE WAY South Australia’s favourite sport, a sport for all Australians SACA ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 3 PRESIDENT’S REPORT SACA Members are indeed fortunate but beware an Indian summer, as we did this season gone by. As Members of the South Australian Cricket Association, we have the privilege of attending a Test match venue that others yearn. Our SACA Village Green on Adelaide Oval No. 2 is the envy of all other Test cricket grounds. The northern mound, scoreboard and simply the name “Adelaide Oval” create a cricket ambiance lost at so many other cricket grounds. I recall England Test great Graham Gooch in 2014 saying to me, in my first year as President, “You must be so very proud. We travel all around the world and they have all destroyed their grounds. You have retained the Adelaide Oval feel. It’s still a beautiful cricket ground.” Preservation of enduring values is not always easy but at Above: The Adelaide Oval Hotel will be complete in time for the ICC Adelaide Oval we see its importance. Men’s T20 World Cup in 2020. Balancing change with retention of important features can create considerable conflict. To date, our Adelaide Oval has Cup. We strongly believe the Adelaide Oval Hotel will be a great achieved spectacular success with that balance. addition to the Oval’s facilities and financially rewarding to cricket. The Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority, the I’m of the view this hotel will add to the many existing reasons organisation responsible for the management of the as to why we, as SACA Members, are fortunate, giving us more redeveloped Adelaide Oval area of which the SACA is a 50 to offer visitors while retaining that of which we are proud. per cent participant, recently announced the proposal for the I hope SACA Members find time to stay there. Perhaps our rural Adelaide Oval Hotel development. Members will see the hotel as a chance to stay close by the It is now more than five years since the redevelopment action. If nothing else, all SACA Members will have the chance finished. Growth from current activities is limited but the to enjoy sleeping at Adelaide Oval and not just because Geoff costs to AOSMA of operating, maintaining and developing the Boycott is batting… Oval continue to rise. SACA Membership At the same time, SACA and the SANFL do not want to see One of the benefits of the redeveloped Adelaide Oval was the their share of the pie reduce when they are investing more ability to increase our Membership and attract new Members. and more into the community and their sports. We’ve done this and retained our waitlist. After limiting the number of new Members the previous year because of the For these reasons, AOSMA has been seeking to find ways strong demand for the Ashes Test, going into season 2018-19 to continue to develop diversified and sustainable revenue we increased our Member base by about 1500 to lift our total streams, not solely reliant upon those sporting event patrons to nearly 26,000. (ie SACA Members in the summer months). The No. 1 driver for holding a SACA Membership is to watch The SACA Board is supportive of the hotel project. SACA’s Test cricket at Adelaide Oval, from the Members’ area. own detailed analysis over more than nine months gave us Unfortunately, Australia’s run of recent Test success at Adelaide comfort that many facets, including aesthetics and expected Oval came to an end last December against India but not before financial performance, were appropriately addressed, so the a gripping last day when Australia’s tail threatened to secure a SACA Board gave its final approval for AOSMA to proceed record-breaking win. with the hotel project. It was perhaps that Indian summer that proved most damaging The intent is that the hotel will provide greater revenue for SACA attendances. Scorching temperatures over 40C for sustainability and not be entirely reliant on food and beverage the first two days of the Test had a significant impact on the receipts from Adelaide Oval sporting events. Simple as that. crowds, affecting the public areas and the The hotel design is being overseen by COX Architects and SACA Village Green. Nearly 113,000 fans attended, just short of project managed by Mott MacDonald, the same team a venue record for Australia versus India Tests. An aggregate of responsible for the magnificent 2012-2014 redevelopment. 71,848 Members and Associates attended during the five days. It is fair to say they do not want to damage their previous Pleasingly, our annual survey showed that “pride, value and good work. satisfaction” with the SACA Membership package has been Where possible, colours, materials and finishes of the hotel increasing steadily since 2014-15, with a 10 per cent increase exterior will match those from the redevelopment. The hotel in this survey. SACA Membership works extremely hard to will be the first of its kind in Australia and build on Adelaide improve and promote the benefits of our Membership but we Oval’s reputation of leading the way for stadium development can’t control the amount of international cricket content the in Australia. State receives from Cricket Australia each season. SACA does, however, push our case and this is helped by the strong support Work has started and the hotel will be finished around of Members and the public. September/October 2020, before the ICC Men’s T20 World 4 SACA ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 PRESIDENT’S REPORT The KFC Big Bash League is now considered a key part of our The closest we came was in the JLT One-Day Cup at the start Membership offering and for many new Members, Adelaide of the season, when the West End Redbacks finished third Strikers games are the highlight of the summer. There will be after the minor rounds but then lost the qualifying final. We seven home games at Adelaide Oval next season, all scheduled must get better across all our teams and that has been - and in the school holiday period and finishing with a night game on will continue to be - the strong message to all involved. The Australia Day, 26 January 2020. board is looking at how we can remedy the inconsistent State team performances. On Field The on-field highlights largely revolved around South Faith Thomas AM Australian players performing on the national stage and, of Congratulations to Faith Thomas, who was appointed a course, hosting another successful Test match against India at Member of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Adelaide Oval. Honours List. We have followed Travis Head as he developed from a Mrs Thomas, the first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander promising young cricketer to a State leader and more recently, cricketer to represent Australia, was recognised for significant international batsman. To see him make his Test debut last service to cricket and to the Indigenous community. An October, wear the baggy green cap at his home ground and inductee in SACA’s Avenue of Honour Wall of Fame, Mrs then score his maiden Test century earlier this year were all Thomas was last year awarded Honorary SACA Membership special moments. for Services Rendered in recognition of her importance in the history of cricket in South Australia. The Faith Thomas Alex Carey has also been outstanding. His performances Trophy, introduced last year, is presented to the winner of across last summer and late-season tours were impressive. the Adelaide Strikers’ home rebel WBBL game against Perth However, on the highest international stage, the Cricket Scorchers. World Cup in England, his glovework and batting served as an appetiser for what surely lies ahead for him. ICC T20 World Cup Congratulations also to Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson, We were pleased to have Adelaide Oval confirmed as the host who played for Australia at times during our season and joined venue for a coveted men’s semi-final and six Super 12 stage Carey in Australia’s World Cup squad. matches of the ICC T20 World Cup in November 2020. Ten different men’s teams will play in the Super 12 games spread We are also very proud to have South Australia’s Megan Schutt over six days, featuring two double-headers, before semi- as part of the Australian team that won the ICC Women’s T20 final 2 is played under lights on 12 November. Women’s teams World Cup late last year and is playing such an important role including world champion Australia, England, New Zealand, in growing our game.