Taylor quits as Cricket Australia director: I've lost the energy

The former Test captain was the longest-serving member on the Cricket Australia board and had been suggested as a possible replacement for David Peever, who resigned as chairman last week

Mark Taylor has quit his role as a Cricket Australia director, saying he has "lost the energy" required to continue in the post.

Taylor has held the position at the national governing body for 14 years but, after a week in which the organisation was accused of being "arrogant" and employing an unhealthy win-at-all-costs mentality by The Ethics Centre review into Australian cricketing culture, he has chosen to walk away.

The former Test captain was the longest-serving member on the Cricket Australia board and had been suggested as a possible replacement for David Peever, who resigned as chairman last week.

He said: “It’s taken its toll. In the last two weeks, moreso.

“I don’t think I can give any more. I’ve lost the energy.

^{Former Test captain Mark Taylor has quit the Cricket Australia board}

“Serving the game as an administrator has given me the chance to pay back to this game.

“My next step, I thought as a CA director, was to step up or step off the board. I had the opportunity at this time to put my name forward as chairman, or to sep off. That’s where I got to and I think I made the right move in the interest of Australian cricket to hopefully give another person an opportuntiy to give fresh ideas to this role.”

Interim Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings admitted the organisation's disappointment at Taylor's decision.

“While we would like Mark to continue as a director on the board, we appreciate his reasons and have accepted his resignation. Mark has given an enormous amount to Australian cricket over three decades as a player, captain and board member,” he said in a statement.

“Mark has played a significant role in helping build and shape relationships within the cricket community, specifically with players past and present, and in his role as director has always worked collaboratively with key parties to put the interests of Australian cricket first.”

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