Mark Taylor resigns as Cricket Australia Director

Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has stepped down from his role as Cricket Australia Director with immediate effect. Taylor said that his resignation will now allow Australian cricket and the cricketers to work from a fresh page in restoring the important values that helped Australia become a world beater. He also added that the move will remove any conflict of interest of him donning the dual roles as a Board member and a television commentator.

"Following on from the events in March this year that rocked the cricketing world, and the ongoing damage this created for our game, including vital employer-employee relationships, my principle brief has been to work hard at fostering and restoring a workable, meaningful and respectful understanding between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association, especially at a time when both parties were still recovering from the prolonged spirited, vigorous, and, sometimes, toxic MoU negotiations dating back to mid-2017," Taylor said about his decision to step down.

"As Australian cricket faces up to its latest challenge, the time therefore has arrived for me to step back and allow Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association to work from a fresh page in restoring the important values that have enabled Australia, for many years, to be recognised as one of the world's most admired and successful cricket nations."

Taylor has been working as a CA Director since his reappointment to the board in 2013. He had also served in the board from 2004 to 2012.

Taylor's resignation comes swiftly on the back of David Peever's, who resigned from his post as the Cricket Australia chairman a week after being