Test captain Pat Cummins fronted Cricket Australia’s chief executive Nick Hockley with ethical objections to Alinta’s contract with the Australian team before the energy company and governing body agreed to end a deal worth almost $40 million.
CA recently confirmed it was re-entering the market for Australian men’s team sponsors after concluding that the Alinta partnership, originally signed for four years, would only be extended for one more season.While CA denied that it had made the mutual non-renewal decision due to Cummins’ views, the fast bowler and climate repair advocate made it clear he had shared the players’ concerns about who sponsored them with Hockley.
In 2018, that balance included the poor reputation of the Australian men’s team in the wake of the Newlands scandal and the summary departure of financial services firm Magellan, leaving Alinta as one of few willing sponsors.When first asked to appear in advertising for the deal, some Australian players were privately less than enthused, but felt they had little choice but to participate due to the team’s poor standing at the time.
At the same time, the International Cricket Council has unveiled a sponsorship deal with the Saudi state oil company Aramco, raising questions among players and spectators at the“There’s a lot of good initiatives out there and passionate people, but I’d love for some of that passion to be driven into real action,” Cummins said.
Asked about the enormous number of flights taken by international cricketers, Cummins said that greater effort to offset the carbon footprint of this travel could no longer be a mere talking point - action was urgently required.
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