Cricket Australia and ANU unveil Indigenous cricket research »

Cricket Australia and The Australian National University (ANU) today released For the Love of the Game, an 18-month research project into the history of Indigenous cricket. Commissioned by Cricket Australia and undertaken by leading ANU researchers Professor Mick Dodson AM and Dr Bill Fogarty, For the Love of the Game traces the history of cricket within Indigenous communities back more than 150 years. Professor Dodson, Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies (NCIS), and Dr Fogarty, Research Fellow at NCIS, travelled the country to talk to Indigenous communities and Indigenous cricketers to work out why Aborigines have been historically under-represented in cricket. As well as providing a comprehensive history of the involvement of Indigenous Australians in cricket, the study presents a series of recommendations for Australian Cricket to help guide its ongoing work with Indigenous communities. Andrew Ingleton, Cricket Australia Executive General Manager, Game and Market Development, said the study will complement Australian Cricket's Indigenous programs. "This is the first time an Indigenous cricket study of this scale has been undertaken," Mr Ingleton said. "Our Indigenous cricket programs have progressed significantly in recent years.