Australian Cricketers' Association
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The Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) is an organisation that represents the professional first-class cricketers of Australia, both past and present. It is not a formally registered Trade Union, but an Incorporated Association.
History
The Australian Cricketer's Association was founded in February 1997 with inaugural president Tim May and was originally served first-class cricketers exclusively.
In 2010, ACA expressed their displeasure towards Cricket Australia (CA) due to the understanding or deal between Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and CA by which the former will pay 10% from the Australian players' IPL salary to CA. Paul Marsh, chief executive of ACA at-the-time stated that their players would oppose this decision by not signing CA, IPL contracts.
Current administration
As of February 2026[update], Christina Matthews is the president of the Australian Cricketers' Association . Paul Marsh—who has previously been CEO of the AFL Players Association—became the CEO of the organisation in 2025. The chairman is Greg Dyer, and the remaining members of the Board of Directors are Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja, Beth Mooney, Lisa Sthalekar, Janet Torney, Darren Tucker and Ashton Turner.
Player delegates
The Australian Cricketers' Association have three types of player delegates to represent Australian professional cricket—state delegates, who represent players in the Sheffield Shield, One-Day Cup and Women's National Cricket League, "W/BBL delegates", who represent players in the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League, and Cricket Australia (CA) delegates, who represents players who participate in international play. As of February 2026[update], this is the full list of ACA's player delegates.