Tasmanian Cricket Association

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The Tasmanian Cricket Association (TCA) is the administrative body for cricket in Tasmania, Australia, and they are based at Bellerive Oval.

The TCA's primary purpose is to promote and develop the game of cricket in Tasmania, run junior and educational programmes and competitions and administer the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competitions.

The TCA is also responsible for the selection and administration of Tasmania's first class cricket team, theTasmanian Tigers are part of the Association. They compete in the Pura Cup, the Australian first-class competition formerly known as the Sheffield Shield, and the Ford Ranger Cup, the Australian one-day competition, and the domestic Twenty20 competition.

The current president of the TCA is Glenn Gillies, and the current chairman is Brent Palfreyman, and he presides over a board which oversees all the activities of the TCA, and cricket in Tasmania. The TCA has over 100 staff and is responsible for 159 cricket clubs, and over 14,000 registered players.

The Southern Tasmanian Cricket association was formed in the 1850's and was renamed as the Tasmanian Cricket Association in 1906. Originally based at the TCA Ground on Hobart's Queens Domain, the TCA relocated to Bellerive Oval in 1977, and the TCA now houses modern facilities as well as the museum of Tasmanian Cricket in the TCA headquarters at the ground.