Hauritz's axing part of Australia's new outlook
As they look to stem the decline in their supremacy on the world stage, Australia aren't willing to settle for mediocrity in their players anymore, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald .
Liam Brickhill
25-Feb-2013
As they look to stem the decline in their supremacy on the world stage, Australia aren't willing to settle for mediocrity in their players anymore, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Hauritz has not been dropped because he has done anything wrong, or let the side down. He has been ditched because he is serviceable, not special. The selectors have decided that is no longer enough. He might be the best spinner around but he cannot fly. Plainly, the selectors intend to prune and plant with the ruthlessness missing in recent years but often observed in the past. Players not quite up to the task will be told as much. Genuinely gifted players will be identified and promoted quickly, dropped after a poor patch and recalled as soon as they have sorted out their games. Let the moderate beware.
Liam Brickhill is a freelance journalist based in Cape Town