Cricket Australia, formerly the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional cricket in Australia.

Cricket Australia operates the Australian cricket team, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other nations. It also organises domestic cricket in Australia, including the Pura Cup first-class competition and the domestic one-day competition.

Cricket Australia is in charge of regional development of cricket in the Pacific region, under the International Cricket Council's development program.

Domestic cricket

Australia's two major domestic first-class competitions are the Pura Cup (four day first class competition) and the ING Cup (List A one-day competition). Six teams take part in these competitions:

• New South Wales Blues (New South Wales)
• Queensland Bulls (Queensland)
• Southern Redbacks (South Australia)
• Tasmanian Tigers (Tasmania)
• Victorian Bushrangers (Victoria)
• Western Warriors (Western Australia)

The teams play a round-robin series of home and away matches against every other team, followed by a final.