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Cricket Australia re-appoints Hilditch as chairman of selectors |
Overlooking public sentiment, Cricket Australia has re-appointed unpopular chairman
of selectors Andrew Hilditch for another two years. Hilditch, chairman of the
panel since 2006 and a selector since 2000, has been criticised as Australia 's
performance - particularly in Test matches - declined in the past two years. The
CA's board gave him a unanimous vote of support at its regular meeting in Melbourne
yesterday, appointing the former Test opening batsman till the end of the 2011
World Cup. The board has also moved away from its earlier talk that future chairmen
of selectors would be full-time appointments, The Age reported. "He's very highly
regarded within cricket. He's highly regarded by the board and by Cricket Australia
generally. He and the other selectors undertake work that people don't see or
understand," said Peter Young, CA's public affairs chief. Young said the term
of Hilditch's tenure related to planning for the 2011 World Cup on the Indian
subcontinent. "'Since winning the ICC Champions Trophy (in South Africa ), we've
now moved into planning mode for 2011, and we're also in planning for the next
Ashes series (2010-11)." The decision not to pick a reserve opening batsman for
the Ashes tour this year was heavily questioned, and the failure to select a spinner
for the deciding Test in England on a pitch that turned square was viewed as a
critical failure. |
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