Cricket Australia considers reality TV show to find new talent

Tim Burrowes

December 11, 2009 9:06

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.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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6 COMMENTS

Aaron 11 Dec 09

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.

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Larry 11 Dec 09

Football Superstar has already run it’s second season … 2010 will be year number three.

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hank 11 Dec 09

Cricket Australia have been touting this around for at least 2 years.

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Camille Alarcon 11 Dec 09

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

Rascally 11 Dec 09

My nephew took 5 for 8 last week…where does he sign up? Alas he is only 13.

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C K Cash 11 Dec 09

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

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