Cricket Australia considers reality TV show to find new talent
Cricket Australia is believed to be considering the creation of a reality TV show to find new spins stars.
Belinda Clark, CEO of Australian Centre of Excellence and John Davison, COE spin bowling coach, have completed a recommendation paper for Cricket Australia outlining ideas on how to find new slow bowlers, according to reports.
Many of the recommendations came from a conference held in Brisbane which discussed the future of slow bowling.
One of the suggestions at the meeting was the possibility of creating an Australian Idol-style TV show where young hopefuls would have to audition and be assessed in front of the cameras.
I get the feeling it’ll be similar to INXS continuing to find a new Michael Hutchence. Sure, they show promise, but once they realise they don’t have the same presence, they look for a new one.
There’ll never be another Warnie.
Football Superstar has already run it’s second season … 2010 will be year number three.
Cricket Australia have been touting this around for at least 2 years.
Hi Larry,
Thanks for picking that up, we’ve since updated that in the story.
Not being a soccer fan myself (or any kind of sporting activity for that matter) I took the copy on the homepage of the Fox 8 show to imply that a second series hadn’t yet begun, as it reads: “FOOTBALL SUPERSTAR returns for its second series as a brand new search gets underway…” And then I also thought the winner mentioned was from the previous series. But again cheers for that, good spot!
Mumbrella – Camille
My nephew took 5 for 8 last week…where does he sign up? Alas he is only 13.
God help us..
The NRL are going to do a reality show to find the next star and they’ll win a NRL playing contract…and now this! …phht