FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes test match - Australia v England - SCG, Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2018. Australia's captain Steve Smith celebrates after taking a catch to dismiss England's Dawid Malan during the second day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's cricket board said on Tuesday it has given up trying to use a "crystal ball" to predict the impact of COVID-19 on revenues and is drawing up a new model after a backlash from state associations over proposed funding cuts.
Former Cricket Australia Chief Executive Kevin Roberts tried to ram through swingeing cuts based on grim projections but met stiff resistance from states unconvinced by doomsday scenarios.
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