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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Andrew Hilditch's time as Australia's chairman of selectors is over after the Cricket Australia board decided to appoint a full-time chairman of selectors https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/136100/136145.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/528309.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/528309.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-528309 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australian cricket's reckoning for a disastrous Ashes series, and the decline from greatness to mediocrity that preceded it, is belatedly at hand https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/126400/126489.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/527908.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/527908.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-527908 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch is hanging onto his job as stubbornly as he once did the batting crease. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124400/124462.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/518085.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/518085.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-518085 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch will remain Australia's chairman of selectors until at least August, when Cricket Australia will have the findings of a review headed by the former BHP chairman Don Argus https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124400/124448.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/505164.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/505164.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-505164 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch has confirmed he won't quit as Australia's chairman of selectors, and the only way he will leave the job is if he is sacked by Cricket Australia https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124400/124462.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/496268.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/496268.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-496268 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The selectors' job is to make decisions but Australia's keep on delaying them https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124400/124448.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/487137.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/487137.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-487137 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For all the talk of Ashes change, injuries are the only things that can turn the Australian selectors from their preferred line-up for the opening Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122700/122746.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/486163.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/486163.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-486163 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch says Australia's first Test squad is almost finalised, but some of the country's young batsmen remain "in the mix" to face England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/118600/118649.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/486155.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/story/486155.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-486155 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia will decide which of Merv Hughes, Jamie Cox or David Boon will be axed as a national selector at a board meeting on Friday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107591.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/483685.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/483685.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-483685 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, is not plotting any changes to the batting line-up for the two Tests in India in October https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/119200/119293.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/471156.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/471156.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-471156 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia are set to appoint their first full-time national selector in a move to professionalise the four-man panel https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103700/103701.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/463552.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/463552.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-463552 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brett Lee will be back in Australian colours at the World Twenty20 after being chosen for the first time since undergoing elbow surgery last year https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109400/109486.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/world-twenty20-2010/content/story/453987.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/world-twenty20-2010/content/story/453987.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-453987 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's selectors have made the rare decision to consider the state's prospects in the Big Bash for the opening one-day internationals against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112083.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/443997.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/443997.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443997 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch raised more than a few eyebrows when he boldly declared Australia's spin bowling stocks were "in a pretty good spot at the moment" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109700/109756.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/439484.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/439484.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-439484 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Watson would like to stay at the top of Australia's Test order https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107300/107384.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/434180.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/434180.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-434180 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The push of Brett Lee and Stuart Clark to regain their Test spots at the Gabba could be in vain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109600/109607.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/434176.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/434176.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-434176 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's injury-hit bowling attack will be without Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson as well as James Hopes in Nagpur https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/93700/93777.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/story/431281.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/story/431281.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-431281 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch has conceded that his panel will soon face one of its biggest decisions over the future of Michael Hussey https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106100/106123.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/430963.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/430963.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-430963 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia has resisted the urge to overhaul its selection panel following the Ashes loss, reappointing Andrew Hilditch as chairman for two more years https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103700/103701.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/429876.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/429876.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429876 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Any overhaul of Australia's selection panel is expected to be delayed despite the Ashes loss and a review from a major Cricket Australia report encouraging change https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105986.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/429373.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/429373.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429373 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch's future with Cricket Australia could be determined next month, with moves afoot to create a position for a full-time selector on the national panel https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103700/103701.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/422231.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/422231.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422231 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's chairman of selectors, has said that Australia lost The Oval Test and subsequently the Ashes because all parties involved completely misread the pitch https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107300/107330.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/421930.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/421930.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-421930 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch has defended his panel's persistence with Andrew Symonds and its forgiveness of his frequent indiscretions https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104100/104110.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/412335.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/412335.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412335 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch has warned the out-of-form Marcus North he must secure the No. 6 spot to hold his Test place https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105300/105311.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/412071.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/412071.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412071 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch could be forced into a difficult decision between selection duties and his legal career if recommendations from the Player Pathway Review Committee are adopted https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103700/103701.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/406313.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/406313.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-406313 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Phil Jaques will continue to fight to regain his national spot despite suffering a setback in his recovery from a severe back problem https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/91000/91005.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/404394.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/404394.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-404394 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shaun Tait has missed a spot in Australia's 25-man contract list https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/85300/85319.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/404267.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/404267.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-404267 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ricky Ponting has the backing of the selectors to lead Australia in all three formats of the game until the 2011 World Cup despite the heavy international schedule https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101000/101074.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/402806.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/402806.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-402806 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100600/100633.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/402419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/402419.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-402419 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Symonds has been told he must perform to keep his place in the Australian side following his recall for the Pakistan limited-overs series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/91900/91943.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/398827.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/398827.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398827 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Adam Voges has shown his fiancée he will stick with her in good times and bad after pulling out of Australia's limited-overs series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/395443.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/395443.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395443 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, has increased the pressure on Australia's band of returning veterans by insisting loyalty will play no role in the Ashes squad selection process https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/395069.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/395069.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395069 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ricky Ponting's surprise recall to the Australian team was portrayed by his coach, Tim Nielsen, as a positive move, but the broader implications are less rosy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/389567.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/389567.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-389567 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385691.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385691.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385691 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Matthew Hayden is clinging to his international career after being told he is not in Australia's limited-overs plans https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385690.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385690.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385690 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia received a jolt ahead of Friday's second Test with Matthew Hayden returning home after failing to recover from a lingering achilles injury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wivaus/content/story/352801.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wivaus/content/story/352801.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-352801 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, is certain old age was not a defining factor in Australia's CB Series loss to India https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/341472.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/341472.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-341472 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stuart MacGill is sweating on the best way forward for his injured knee https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/322492.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/322492.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-322492 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Hilfenhaus will join his first tour with Australia in September https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/307508.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/307508.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307508 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Terry Jenner says it could be "devastating" for the development of Cullen Bailey if he is thrust into the national side straight after Shane Warne https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/293011.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/293011.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293011 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jason Gillespie has held on to his Cricket Australia contract despite not playing any international games over the past year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/292941.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/292941.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-292941 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Symonds wants to play at least the second half of the World Cup after being named in the squad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/280282.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/280282.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-280282 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, will consider whether Shane Watson is fit enough to play in the finals of the tri-series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/story/278898.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/story/278898.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-278898 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Cosgrove is set to turn his back on a second English county season and join the Centre of Excellence following a discussion with Andrew Hilditch https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275955.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275955.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-275955 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ricky Ponting doesn't like playing Twenty20 matches and believes Australia should contest only one game of the popular format each season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275695.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275695.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-275695 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia are set to take five fast bowlers to the World Cup in the West Indies as they plan to use four speedster in most games https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/story/275683.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/story/275683.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-275683 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, has given Stuart MacGill's chances of replacing Shane Warne in the Test team an enormous boost, indicating MacGill is still the stand-out spinner in Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275623.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275623.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-275623 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait have been called into a bowler-heavy 13-man squad for the first Ashes Test at the Gabba next Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/268478.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/268478.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268478 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jason Gillespie has been rewarded for his fantastic service to Australian cricket by being named captain of the Prime Minister's XI for England's tour opener in Canberra on November 10 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/263240.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/263240.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-263240 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Allan Border has stepped down as a Test selector for the second time in less than two years and only four months after re-accepting the position https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/262088.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/262088.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-262088 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dan Cullen has replaced Stuart Clark in Australia's squad for the Champions Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/261369.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/261369.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-261369 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Glenn McGrath has got his wish to prepare for the Ashes by playing in the Champions Trophy after he was named in Australia's 14-man squad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/258546.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/258546.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-258546 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Buchanan has tipped Glenn McGrath to regain his opening bowling duties for the Ashes due to the magnificent "aura" he has created throughout his career https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/256808.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/256808.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-256808 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Matthew Hayden has been given the news he is still in contention for a one-day return after being picked in Australia's initial 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/255796.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/255796.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255796 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Allan Border has ended his one-year retirement from the Australian selection panel and will replace the former chairman Trevor Hohns, who resigned in April https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/251186.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/251186.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-251186 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stuart Clark, Phil Jacques and Mitchell Johnson are the three new faces in the list of contracted national cricketers, a 25-member group that Cricket Australia announced today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/245863.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/245863.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-245863 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch, the former Australian batsman, has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Selection Panel, replacing Trevor Hohns, who resigned from the post recently https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/243560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/243560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-243560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hilditch, the Australian selector, will have the final say on whether Phil Jaques plays in Friday's second one-day match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus/content/story/239208.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus/content/story/239208.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-239208 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia today announced that Queensland has been selected as the base to host the new multi-faceted cricket institution, the Cricket Centre of Excellence. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125111.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125111.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125111 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT