Cricket in Australia
A record 1,311,184 people played cricket across Australia in 2015–16, an 8.5 per cent increase on 2014–15 – placing cricket at No.1 as the current top participation sport in Australia. Women participation also reached record figures in 2015–16, growing nine percent to 314,936 players. According to Cricket Australia's annual report of 2014–15, 1,208,360 Australians played formal, organised cricket during the year, an increase of nine percent over the previous year. Separately, official audience data shows that 93.6% of Australians watched at least some cricket on TV in 2010–11 calendar year.
Cricket ACT
Cricket ACT is the governing body of cricket in Australian Capital Territory (ACT). In 1922, Federal Territory Cricket Association (FTCA) was established to govern the sport of cricket in Federal Capital Territory formed from the New South Wales in 1910, which later became the Australian Capital Territory in 1938. In 1928, FTCA was rechristened as Federal Capital Territory Cricket Association.