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Mr Hilditch, you are charged with being derelict in the conduct of your duties as Chief of the Australian Cricket Selectors. You are specifically charged with the following.
– Having allowed Australian Cricket to meander over the past four to five years where you have chosen not to make decisions that may have placed you and your selectors in line of criticism. Preferring to do nothing, resulting in the Australian Test team being devoid of the necessary talent to win 2010 Ashes and copping the mother-of-all hidings from England in the process.
– Having allowed the same Captain to lose three Ashes Series by repeatedly using defensive tactics predicated on not losing the game rather than winning it, even when these were clearly not working.
– Treating young Cricketers poorly in selecting them and discarding them without give them the time to establish themselves in the side. Phil Hughes is a particular case in point. After he helped defeat South Africa in South Africa and becoming the youngest man to score centuries in each innings of a Test Match, he was dropped after two tests in the last English Ashes Series.
– Double standards. Being a former batsman – along with your colleagues – you have allowed the batsmen to play on regardless of form or results. In contrast bowlers, whether slow or otherwise, have been dealt with ruthlessly.
– Adding a Monty Python element to Australian selection policy i.e. Doug take it easy mate, don’t play Sheffield Shield we need you fit for the Ashes – Doug – sorry mate we are dropping you because you are not fit enough!
– Selecting players with insignificant first class cricket records (Doherty and Beer) to represent Australia, whilst ignoring proven players with similar skills who have done well (O’Keefe and Hauritz).
You are requested to answer these charges in the public forum of the Roar.
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