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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Founded | 1906; 120 years ago (1906) |
| Affiliation | Cricket Australia |
| Headquarters | Bellerive Oval |
| Location | Bellerive,Tasmania |
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Cricket Tasmania (formerly theTasmanian Cricket Association) is the administrative body forcricket inTasmania,Australia, and is based atBellerive Oval in Hobart.
Cricket Tasmania's primary purpose is to promote and develop the game of cricket in Tasmania, run junior and educational programmes and competitions and administer the Premier League competitions in the State.
Cricket Tasmania is also responsible for the selection and administration of Tasmania'sfirst class cricket team, theTasmanian Tigers that competes in the nationalSheffield Shield, the Australian first-class competition, and theHobart Hurricanes franchise that competes in the "Big Bash League", the domestic Twenty20 competition.
The current Chair of Cricket Tasmania (CT) is former Australian cricketer and current international match official,David Boon.
Cricket in Tasmania is broadly organised into three regions; each with sub-regional competitions. TheSouthern Tasmanian Cricket association was formed in the 1850s and was renamed as the Tasmanian Cricket Association (TCA) in 1906 before the State responsibilities were taken over by Cricket Tasmania and the SCA returned to responsibilities for competitions in southern Tasmania. TheNorthern Tasmania Cricket Association was formed in 1886 covering north-eastern Tasmania competitions and is based at the historic "NTCA Ground" where thefirst First Class cricket match in Australia was played. The north-western region is managed byCricket North West.
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