Cricket Victoria (CV) is the governing body for the sport of cricket in theAustralian state of Victoria. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It administers the 1,182 cricket clubs and 112,000 registered cricketers in Victoria, and 62,774 children involved in school-based competition. Founded as the Victorian Cricket Association in the 1850s, CV employs more than 320 people, including 43 full-time staff and 25 contracted first-class players. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by It is integrated with the Victorian Women’s Cricket Association to include funding, programs, office accommodation and staff assistance.
CV administers the Victorian Bushrangers team and Victorian Premier Cricket. The Victorian Bushrangers is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. Victorian Premier Cricket is the elite club cricket competition in the state of Victoria (Australia, administered by Cricket Victoria.