Power play: Inside Cricket Victoria's boardroom battle |ANALYSIS
There is much intrigue heading into the Cricket Victoria annual general meeting on Monday, with four candidates jostling for two positions on the board.
ticket - driven by Footscray Cricket Club president Geoff Collinson - failed to sweep to power en masse, two members - Jane Nathan and Phil Hyde - joined the board, with the experienced Peter Williams following.Now with former state cricketer Paul Jackson and Claudia Fatone retiring, it's presented the opportunity for Essendon Cricket Club president Simon Tobin and KPMG partner Amanda Bond, endorsed by Northcote Cricket Club, to nominate and ensure a voting block of five - a majority.
Once the vote is done, the battle turns to the first agenda item at the next CV board meeting on September 7 - electing a chairman. Barker, elected to the board in 2015 and the top role in 2018, has divided the cricket community. As one Premier club source said of the former WorkSafe chairman: "Who would know what he is all about?"
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