As heads begin to roll, CA loosens law on neckwear
Australian cricket is under siege from all angles, with questions being asked about the game from top to bottom, and the suits at Cricket Australia appear to have an answer. Loosen up.
Chris Barrett is a Sports Writer with The Sydney Morning Herald.
Australian cricket is under siege from all angles, with questions being asked about the game from top to bottom, and the suits at Cricket Australia appear to have an answer. Loosen up.
The re-appointment of Greg Chappell as an Australian selector could spell danger for older players in the Australian set-up and those vying for inclusion in it, according to Mike Hussey, who has warned against turning automatically to youth an answer to the national team's woes.
The duo are among the leading candidates to be called into a Test side that was blown away in Hobart, with as many as three spots likely to be available in the Australian batting line-up,
The rise of Jake Lehmann, who in the current climate could be only another big Sheffield Shield score away from a baggy green, has created a potentially awkward scenario for the Australian coach.
The next round of state cricket starting on Thursday is shaping as a nationwide talent search to play in the Australian team.
Armed with a breathtaking bowling attack whose virtual fourth-stringer Kyle Abbott, the man of the match in Hobart, even confounded the hosts' bumbling batsmen, South Africa ruthlessly ground the Australian team back to square one.
Australia fell in a heap again on Tuesday to lose a fifth successive Test match.
The class of 85 is out of detention - for now, anyway - after fighting hard with the bat on Monday afternoon.
The placing of one-day series against New Zealand at either end of the summer, as part of the deal for last year's first day-night Test, threw a spanner into Australia's preparations.
The high performance chief has also indicated that selectors Mark Waugh and Trevor Hohns could follow the panel's chairman Rod Marsh out the door.
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