No quick fix for Australia’s ills: review
SYDNEY: Chief selector Andrew Hilditch and head coach Tim Nielsen were high-profile casualties on Friday of a sweeping review into Australian cricket sparked by the team’s Ashes humiliation this year.
Both men lost their jobs, along with fellow selector Greg Chappell, following the seven-month review headed by Don Argus, the former chief of mining giant BHP Billiton.
Its members also included ex-captains Steve Waugh, Allan Border and Mark Taylor, and was ordered by Cricket Australia after the Test team’s shattering 3-1 Ashes series defeat to England.
“It is, to the best of my knowledge, the most exhaustive, comprehensive examination of Australian cricket ever undertaken,” CA chairman Jack Clarke said.
“It is clear with the wisdom of hindsight that there are some issues that could have been addressed earlier.
“In many ways we were victims of our own success. It is quite clear the world has moved on and a system that once worked is now in need of change.” He stressed the review was not about looking for scapegoats, but rather getting Australia back to the top of world cricket, which they dominated between 1987 and 2007.
Both men lost their jobs, along with fellow selector Greg Chappell, following the seven-month review headed by Don Argus, the former chief of mining giant BHP Billiton.
Its members also included ex-captains Steve Waugh, Allan Border and Mark Taylor, and was ordered by Cricket Australia after the Test team’s shattering 3-1 Ashes series defeat to England.
“It is, to the best of my knowledge, the most exhaustive, comprehensive examination of Australian cricket ever undertaken,” CA chairman Jack Clarke said.
“It is clear with the wisdom of hindsight that there are some issues that could have been addressed earlier.
“In many ways we were victims of our own success. It is quite clear the world has moved on and a system that once worked is now in need of change.” He stressed the review was not about looking for scapegoats, but rather getting Australia back to the top of world cricket, which they dominated between 1987 and 2007.
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