Former Test batter David Boon has been appointed to the Cricket Australia (CA) Board. He fills the vacancy left by Paul Green, who stepped down after six years as Cricket Tasmania’s representative. Boon played 107 Tests scoring 7,422 runs at 43.65 including 21 centuries (the same number of Test hundreds as another Australian great – Neil Harvey), and 99 catches. His tally of 107 Test matches between 1984/85 and 1995/96 made him only the second Australian after Allan Border to play 100 Tests. He was a member of the 1987 ICC World Cup-winning team, claiming Man of the Match honours in the final with his score of 75 as Australia beat England by seven runs. He will finish up with the ICC following the ongoing Champions Trophy in Pakistan and Dubai to join the CA Board on March 28. He became an ICC Match Referee in 2011, a role he will relinquish in April. He has been a Cricket Tasmania director since 2014 and Chair since 2022.
