The former Australia captain was confirmed on the FICA Executive Committee assembly held in Nyon, Switzerland. She will take up a place that has beforehand been held by former South Africa batter Barry Richards, former West Indies allrounder Jimmy Adams, and most lately by former England batter Vikram Solanki.
“I’m extremely honoured and excited to be FICA’s new president,” she stated. “We are entering a new phase of the game which covers more cricket than ever before for our male and female players. More countries are playing the game which demonstrates that cricket is certainly becoming a global game.
“I look ahead to engaged on behalf of our member gamers’ associations and gamers, and particularly to working with the ICC to make sure that all gamers have their rights protected and may work in partnership with directors to make our recreation even higher.”
“Lisa was clearly one of the best candidate and her credentials are unparalleled as each a former participant and broadcaster,” FICA’s executive chairman Heath Mills said.
“Her earlier roles as an unbiased director of FICA and on the board of the Australian Cricketers’ Association reveal her lengthy standing dedication to the gamers’ affiliation motion and advancing participant rights.”
The Executive Committee assembly was held forward of the FICA and World Players’ Association Player Development Conferences, and was the primary in-person assembly of the group because the begin of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Executive Committee mentioned a quantity of vital points for gamers and the sport on the world stage, together with receiving displays from the WPA’s govt director Brendan Schwab and ICC CEO Geoff Allardice.