Greg Dyer, the former Australian wicketkeeper from the 1980's, is the new President of the Australian Cricketers Association, following the resignation of Michael Kasprowicz in August. Kasprowicz has taken up a position for the the other side, accepting a position on the Cricket Australia Board.
Dyer has been a successful businessman here in Australia, the USA and through out Asia. He was the chief financial officer for ACP and Murdoch Magazines. An accountant, he is an interesting choice for the position and has made clear several policy platforms he will be standing on, including the maintenance of the 26% share to players of Australian cricket revenue and the negotiation of a new memorandum of understanding between the ACA and Cricket Australia. He is concerned at discrepancies which have occurred in the suggested distribution of funds from the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament but it is the MoU that he sees as his major work initially.
He has been joined on the executive by Marcus North and Lisa Sthalekar, the latter being the first woman cricketer elected the ACA executive. North joins fellow left handers Michael Hussey, Darren Lehmann and Simon Katich on the executive, whilst George Bailey is the token right hander among the group, apart from the President.
Simon Katich was sought for a comment but he couldn't be contracted.
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