New CA boss Hockley’s job is like a rookie spinner bowling to Kohli in his first over: Former ICC CE

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Kevin Roberts “lost trust and respect” leading to his removal as Cricket Australia’s top boss but his interim replacement Nick Hockley’s job is that of a rookie spinner facing Virat Kohli on debut, said former ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed.

Roberts resigned on Tuesday and was replaced by T20 World Cup chief executive Hockley in an interim role amid the financial crisis faced by the board in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“It seems to me he lost the respect and trust of the players. As an old mentor once said to me, “respect and trust are like virginity; once you’ve lost them they’re mighty hard to get back”,” Speed said on SEN radio.

“I think that’s what happened to Kevin. He lost trust and respect. When he came into the job he had time to work on that. That didn’t go very well. Then he stumbled, he didn’t deliver the message very well.”

Roberts, who had a difficult last three months, had earlier received flak for his role in the bitter pay dispute with players in 2017.

A difficult road now lies ahead for Hockley, who will have to earn the trust of different stakeholders, including the states, players and staff, many of whom have been affected by the…

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