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Keith Bradshaw interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/8
Date:
2011-11-15
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 32 minutes 43 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Keith Bradshaw, MCC Secretary and Chief Executive interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 7 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-2:05] Bradshaw talks about his early life and interests in cricket, and his mother's role in his cricket career, including being the scorer for Tasmania, [2:05-4:00] Bradshaw talks about his cricketing heroes including Ian Redpath, Keith Stackpole, Derek Underwood, Chris Old and Geoffrey Boycott, [4:00-5:36] Bradshaw talks about his cricketing career including at Tasmania and Sussex and deciding to abandon cricket to work as a chartered accountant.

Track 2: [0:00-2:20] Bradshaw talks about his career including working at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte, and obtaining the job as MCC Secretary and Chief Executive, [2:20-3:15] Bradshaw talks about the privilege of working for MCC, [3:15-5:05] Bradshaw talks about the challenges of working for MCC including the realisation that Lord's had to bid for Test Matches and introducing a package system of Test Matches to replace the previous bidding system with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Track 3: [0:00-3:22] Bradshaw talks about the achievement of guaranteeing two Test Matches per year at Lord's and the World Test Championship which had been postponed to 2017, and other achievements including being involved with the use of pink balls and actions relating to the laws of cricket including the Decision Review System, and involvement in the World Cricket Committee.

Track 4: [0:00-4:00] Bradshaw talks about the working relationship between MCC and ECB and conflicts through being on the board of the ECB, stepping down from the ECB, and being replaced as MCC's representative on the ECB board by Matthew Fleming, [4:00-5:13] Bradshaw talks about releasing most of the MCC archives for public access and allowing members to communicate with each other through an online pavilion.

Track 5: [0:00-3:00] Bradshaw talks about plans for the redevelopment of Lord's Ground and the Vision for Lord's and conducting an Aerodynamic study of the ground on advice from Doug Insole, [3:00-4:10] Bradshaw talks about whether cricket should be part of the Olympics.

Track 6: [0:00-2:00] Bradshaw talks about cricket being a part of the Olympics in future, [2:00-6:53] Bradshaw talks about his regrets during his time at MCC, including not progressing with redevelopment plans, and achievements including what he feels making Lord's more welcoming and open to the public by reducing ticket prices for the fifth day of the Test Match between England and India at Lord's in 2011, and allowing perambulation during the England vs. Bangladesh Test Match at Lord's in 2010.

Track 7: [0:00-0:50] Bradshaw talks about leaving his position at MCC due to family reasons, [0:50-2:20] Bradshaw talks about future plans including announcing that he is to become the Chief Executive of South Australia Cricket Association.

A back-up copy of the CD is included.
Associations
Keith Bradshaw
David Rayvern Allen
Ian Ritchie Redpath
Keith Raymond Stackpole
Derek Leslie Underwood
Christopher Middleton Old
Geoffrey Boycott
Tasmania Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte
England and Wales Cricket Board
Matthew Valentine Fleming
South Australian Cricket Association
Subject
Relations between MCC and ECB, MCC Secretaries, ground redevelopment, India in England 2011, Bangladesh in England 2010, Cricket at the Olympics, laws of cricket
Conditions governing access
Closed
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 32 minutes 43 seconds
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