CJ was made redundant in May 2026, just months after he began warning Cricket Australia’s board that something was wrong with how work was being awarded inside the organisation. He was one of 15 employees cut in the same round, ending a run that had started four and a half years earlier when he took a pay cut to join the sport he loved.

He said he had been so excited to work close to cricket that he accepted the lower salary without hesitation. But by February 16, 2026, he was reporting what he described as anti-patterns in the way project work was awarded, and by February that year he had sent his first internal warning to the board. By April, he had compiled a forensic report that he said would rock the organisation.

His concerns were not abstract. CJ identified undeclared conflicts, bypassed procurement processes and contractors appearing in systems weeks before any formal approval. The issue exposed more than a $600,000 cloud deal, placing a spotlight on how contracts were being handed out and who was watching over them.

That is why the redundancy lands so hard. CJ said he watched senior oversight roles, including Head of Cyber Security and Head of Customer Experience, being culled at the exact moment they might have asked difficult questions. He also said the executive at the centre of the allegations reportedly left with Todd Greenberg’s praise for doing a great job, while the person raising the alarms was made redundant.

The case fits a broader tension inside Cricket Australia between people who came up through cricket and corporate operators brought in to cut costs under Greenberg. It also keeps alive the wider jobs-for-mates scandal, with allegations of favouritism, undeclared conflicts and bypassed procurement processes still hanging over the organisation. The unresolved question is not whether CJ raised the alarm — he did — but what investigation, if any, Cricket Australia carried out before or after his redundancy.