Geoff Allardice
{{short description|Australian cricketer and administrator}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Geoff Allardice
| image =
| country = Australia
| fullname = Geoffrey John Allardice
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
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| role = Batsman
| club1 = Victoria
| year1 = {{nowrap|1991/92–1993/94}}
| date = 24 February
| year = 2015
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4007.html Cricinfo
}}
Geoffrey John Allardice (born 7 May 1967) is an Australian administrator and former cricketer, who is the CEO of the International Cricket Council.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/574964.html |title=Meet Geoff Allardice |access-date=24 February 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-board-relieves-manu-sawhney-as-ceo-with-immediate-effect-1268973 |title=ICC board relieves Manu Sawhney as CEO with immediate effect |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=9 July 2021}}
Administrative career
He was appointed acting CEO of the ICC in March 2021, taking on the role in a permanent capacity in November 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-appoints-geoff-allardice-full-time-ceo-1290343 |title=ICC appoints Geoff Allardice full-time CEO |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 November 2021}} He was also general manager of cricket until Wasim Khan was appointed in April 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/121997/wasim-khan-appointed-icc-general-manager-of-cricket |title=Wasim Khan appointed ICC General Manager of Cricket |work=CricBuzz |date=22 April 2022 |access-date=22 April 2022}} Allardice had been part of the selection panel to appoint officials for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.{{cite web|url= http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|title= ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015|date= 2 December 2014|access-date= 24 February 2015|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150330201852/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|archive-date= 30 March 2015|df= dmy-all}}
Allardice played 14 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1991 and 1994.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4007.html |title=Geoff Allardice |access-date=24 February 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
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Category:Australian cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Melbourne
Category:Australian cricket administrators
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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