Castlemaine's Ben Oliver is one of two new high performance managers at Cricket Australia.
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Oliver and ex-Olympic rower Drew Ginn will take over Pat Howard's old role at Cricket Australia before the start of the Ashes.
Cricket Australia confirmed on Monday morning that the lengthy search for Howard's replacements was finally over, after the former executive was sacked last November.
Oliver, the younger brother of Castlemaine Football Club great Steven Oliver, has previously worked with Justin Langer as high performance manager at the WACA, joining Western Australia just before Langer and helping rebuild them to numerous one-day and Twenty20 titles.
The former Victoria and Tasmania first-class player has also previously been the head of women's cricket for CA and worked with the International Cricket Council.
He'll now be responsible for both men's and women's national teams, Australia A squads and the selection process of those sides.
"I have devoted most of my adult life to cricket, in both playing and high- performance roles," Oliver said.
He will start alongside Ginn on July 29, just three days out from the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
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