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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Will the exit of CA's team performance boss put an end to an era in which domestic cricket was subservient to the interests of the national team? https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/250600/250649.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165184.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165184.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1165184 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT CA's team performance manager has been arguably the most debated figure in Australian cricket over the past seven years https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139300/139368.7.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1163032.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1163032.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1163032 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's players face a ban from the 2017-18 Ashes series should they take part in any kind of "disapproved cricket" in the event of an extended pay dispute beyond the July 1 expiry of the current MOU between Cricket Australia and the ACA https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/250600/250649.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1107173.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1107173.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1107173 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia's team performance executive, Pat Howard, will remain in his position until 2019 after being handed a two-year contract extension https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/250600/250649.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1096951.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1096951.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1096951 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's fifth successive Test loss, and the series defeat to South Africa, has left a few administrators and the team's coaching staff under considerable pressure https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/255000/255054.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-south-africa-2016-17/content/story/1066358.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-south-africa-2016-17/content/story/1066358.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1066358 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pat Howard, the Australian side's performance chief, has pointed to patience and adaptability to read to the situation as one of the shortcomings the batsmen need to express https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/254800/254883.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-south-africa-2016-17/content/story/1066032.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-south-africa-2016-17/content/story/1066032.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1066032 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's team performance manager Pat Howard will play a reduced role in talks over the next payment deal between the players and Cricket Australia https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146600/146631.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1049283.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1049283.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1049283 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's team performance manager Pat Howard concedes it is a "fair question" to ask whether the Ashes tourists underestimated England ahead of and during a series Michael Clarke's side were widely expected to win. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/219400/219451.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/912623.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/912623.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-912623 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pat Howard has signed on for another two years as Australia's executive general manager of team performance https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139600/139617.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/866011.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/866011.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-866011 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia will consider the introduction of a draft to give young players more opportunities and increase competitiveness in domestic cricket https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146600/146631.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/789133.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/789133.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-789133 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's heavy scheduling slant towards the Twenty20 Big Bash League has been underlined by the announcement that a sextet of Test players bound for South Africa will have to play for a hodgepodge of states in the modest competition of the Futures Leag https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/170800/170877.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2013-14/content/story/712237.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2013-14/content/story/712237.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-712237 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An Ashes series that began with his job on the line ended with Pat Howard sharing drinks with the players in Australia's dressing room. The team's performance manager, however, isn't taking future success for granted https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139300/139368.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/709761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/709761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-709761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a frank discussion of what appears a dire medium-term forecast for the national team, Pat Howard defended his decision to sack the former coach, Mickey Arthur https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139600/139617.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/story/654541.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/story/654541.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-654541 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's vice-captain, Shane Watson, has been given a less than glowing endorsement from Cricket Australia's general manager of team performance Pat Howard, who has said Watson is "sometimes" a team player https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/130300/130369.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/624658.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/624658.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-624658 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On the eve of another home Test series played in a first-class cricket vacuum, Australia's team performance manager Pat Howard has admitted it will take years for international sides to find a way of coping adequately with the mounting tension between Twe https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146600/146630.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/596921.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/596921.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-596921 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's blueprint for sustained supremacy in world cricket is being informed and inspired by the New Zealand All Blacks' enduring domination of international rugby https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146600/146631.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-australia-2012/content/story/570176.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-australia-2012/content/story/570176.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570176 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Suspicions and doubts about the priorities of Cricket Australia's management have filtered steadily out of the Australian dressing room https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/141300/141369.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550541.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550541.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-550541 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rod Marsh, the Australia selector, will "coach the coaches" in a newly created Cricket Australia role designed to ensure a unified approach to mentoring players across the states https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139500/139529.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/546528.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/546528.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-546528 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ryan Harris, Australia's preferred pace spearhead, has almost certainly played his last Test match for 2011 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/138900/138960.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/543269.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/543269.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-543269 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia have turned injury crisis into selection opportunity by naming four potential debutants in the squad for the first Test against New Zealand, and they are unlikely to be the last this summer https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139300/139368.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/542180.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/542180.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-542180 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Clarke does not believe Pat Howard's lack of cricket experience will be a problem after he was appointed as Cricket Australia's general manager of team performance https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137800/137895.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/536484.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/536484.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-536484 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pat Howard, the former Australian rugby international, has been handed one of the most important positions in Australian cricket, having been named Cricket Australia's general manager of team performance https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137900/137962.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/536310.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/536310.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-536310 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT