James Alexander Sutherland (born 14 July 1965 in

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) is an Australian former

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er and cricket administrator. He played for

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in the

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and was the CEO of

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, from 2001 to 2018. A right arm fast-medium bowler, Sutherland made his first-class debut against Queensland at the St Kilda Cricket Ground, where one of his opponents, Scott Muller, was also debuting. He claimed

Carl Rackemann Carl Gray Rackemann (born 3 June 1960) is a former Queensland and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler in 12 Test matches, 52 One Day Internationals and 167 first-class cricket matches in a career spanning 1979/80 to 1995/96. Intern ...

as his maiden wicket and in the second innings dismissed Stuart Law for the first of his two-second innings victims. The following week the Victorians defeated New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield Final but the paceman had lost his place in the side to Paul Jackson and instead was relegated to 12th man. In his three other first-class appearances he chipped in with the occasional wicket but was unable to take a big haul. He did however take some big wickets, including

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twice and against Tasmania he dismissed Ricky Ponting hit wicket. As Cricket Australia chief executive, Sutherland would later work alongside the Australian captain, as he did with

Steve Waugh Stephen Rodger Waugh (born 2 June 1965) is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a medium-pace bowler. As Australian captain from 1997 to 2004, he led Austral ...

whom he also took the wicket of during his career, on his List A debut. He was part of Victoria's 1992/93

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campaign and played in the Final which they lost to New South Wales. Sutherland is a chartered accountant who formerly worked for

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. Following the conclusion of Sutherland's cricket career, he became a finance manager at the

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and was appointed as an assistant coach of Victoria in 1998/99, having become a Level III coach. Sutherland also had a stint as coach of the

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, where he is a life member, having played District cricket there for many years. Sutherland joined the Australian Cricket Board, now known as

, as general manager in 1998. Three years later (in 2001) he replaced

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to become the chief executive. On 6 June 2018, Sutherland announced his retirement, giving Cricket Australia 12 months notice to find a suitable replacement.

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