Cricket Australia (CA) has conceded it has an “unsustainable” cost base, after cutting operational and financial support for indoor cricket and leaving the sport to manage itself.

CA told indoor cricket officials around the country this week it would no longer support the sport after a handover period, in the latest round of cost-cutting from head office.

CA only took over the running of indoor cricket in 2009, acquiring the sport’s participation numbers at the same time.

As of last year, that figure stood at close to 100,000 with potential players pointed towards the sport.

However, CA insisted this week that the decision was due to its own cost-cutting measures and the need to free up operational resources.

In a letter sent to the heads of indoor cricket in each state and obtained

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