Boost for community cricket

Cricket Australia has received a huge funding boost from the Australian Government of $750,000 per year for four years to support its junior cricket program, MILO in2Cricket.

The funding, announced by Sports Minister Mark Arbib in an on-field ceremony at the 'Gabba during the lunch break of the first Vodafone Ashes Test, is part of the government's wider sports funding of $11 million a year over four years to encourage more young Australians to become active and healthy.