Oz selector Hilditch, coach Nielsen should be sacked over Ashes loss: Slater
January 1st, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANISydney, Jan 1(ANI): Former Australian batsman Michael Slater has said that chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch and coach Tim Nielsen should be sacked following the national team’s failure to regain the Ashes from England.
“I’ve reached the point where I’ve lost faith in the decision-makers and there needs to be a big shake-up,” Slater wrote in an article for ninemsn.com.au.
“The one man who definitely has to go, though, is Andrew Hilditch. Greg Chappell, as the full-time selector, has to be appointed chairman and he should appoint a new panel.”
“The current group have had their opportunity and Australia has gone backwards during their tenure. Tim Nielsen is also under the pump and his three-year contract extension has to be reviewed as well,” he added.
The 40-year-old also believes that the treatment of players by the team management have been confusing and erratic.
“They told Bollinger not to play in a Shield game when he was declared fit, because they wanted to rest him, and then they left him out of the Gabba Test because they said he wasn’t match fit,” Slater said.
“Mitchell Johnson was touted as the strike bowler for the summer, dropped after Brisbane, and then kept in the nets in Adelaide instead of returning to his state side to find form under match conditions,” he added.
Australia currently trails the five-match series 2-1, with the final Test to be played in Sydney from January 2. (ANI)
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