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Australian selectors under fire again

Malcolm Conn, writing in the Australian , says if Michael Hussey begins this Ashes series and is sacked for poor performances then part-time chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch should also be sacked.

Peter English
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Malcolm Conn, writing in the Australian, says if Michael Hussey begins this Ashes series and is sacked for poor performances then part-time chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch should also be sacked.
The conservative four-man selection panel of Hilditch, David Boon, Jamie Cox and the recently removed Merv Hughes have left Australian cricket in a worrying position. They have failed to adequately continue a renewal process forced on them by a cluster of former champions fading away in recent years.
Brendan McArdle says in the Age the selectors have made a series of poor decisions.
In the Sydney Morning Herald Stuart Clark, who played in the past two Ashes series, rates the England touring team.

Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo