13 Jun 2024 in News & Media
Following a Board meeting held during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in New York, and a 25th anniversary celebration attended by past and present Board members, current and ex-players and invited guests, FICA today announced:
Name Change to World Cricketers’ Association (WCA)
Following its establishment as FICA in 1998, WCA now collectively represents the majority of the best cricketers in the world across 14 countries at global level.
The name change is accompanied by the launch of WCA’s new strategy. Whilst not deviating from its core mission, the strategy evolves WCA’s areas of focus and delivery mechanics to ensure it is fit for purpose for the future of the game. WCA’s strategy is focussed on:
Access WCA’s launch video HERE
Access WCA’s strategy HERE
Establishment of the Tim May Medal
In 2024 the WCA Board established the Tim May Medal as a discretionary award for recipients who have provided outstanding service to the players’ association movement in cricket. This week in New York both Tim May and Richard Bevan OBE were announced as the inaugural winners of the award. Both were central to the establishment and growth of FICA (now WCA) and in ensuring that players collectively have a voice, and a say, on matters that impact them at global level.
Tim May:
Richard Bevan OBE:
WCA CEO Tom Moffat said:
“There has never been a more important time for players to be collectively represented in their own countries, and at global level. The vast majority of the best men’s and women’s players in the world are nowaffiliated to WCA, and irrespective of fragmentation in the game, the players will always be the talent and its biggest asset. The name change to the World Cricketers’ Association reflects our desire to simply state and reflect our role in the game at global level.
In changing our name we acknowledge all of those who have contributed to and built FICA. Throughout its short history it has achieved a significant amount for players, their associations, and the game. We reflect on our first 25 years and the legacy of those who have built it, and look to the future of our game and collective player representation within it with optimism.”
WCA Chairman Heath Mills said:
“Our new strategy and name change reflect an evolution, not a revolution, and at its core, WCA remains the umbrella federation of domestic players’ associations. Our member players’ associations have always been, and will continue to be, central to our activities and strength, and form the governance backbone of WCA. However in more simply stating what we are, we are also acknowledging that players are increasingly able to connect with, and benefit from WCA’s work directly in countries where there is no players’ association.
On behalf of the current WCA Board I would like to thank and congratulate Tim May and Richard Bevan in particular, as the first recipients of the Tim May Medal. Every players’ association and player in the world owes them a debt of gratitude for their leadership and the foundations they laid.”
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