Australian board sweeps aside Warne's Twitter rants
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January 30, 2013, Wednesday
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CRICKET Australia Chief Executive James Sutherland has defended the organization following a scathing attack aimed at it by spin great Shane Warne, who panned the board in a series of Twitter rants.
Sutherland added that he was prepared to meet with Warne and discuss the 43-year-old's criticism of CA's player rotation policy and his claim that "rubbish" decisions were turning Australian cricket into a "big joke".
After venting his initial anger on Monday, Warne reiterated his views a day later.
"As I said last night we need cricket people running the team & who understand cricket & what's required at the top level, not muppets," he tweeted yesterday.
Warne questioned the logic of having former rugby union international Pat Howard as the board's high performance manager but Sutherland threw his weight behind the former Wallaby back.
"I have every confidence in Pat Howard and his team, and what they're doing," Sutherland told local media yesterday.
"Personally I find it a little bit disappointing to read about that (Warne's criticisms) in the fashion that I have.
"Ideally you'd like to be able to sit down with Shane and understand a little bit more deeply his opinions."
Australia won all three tests in a recent series against Sri Lanka but was held 2-2 in the subsequent one-day internationals after resting skipper Michael Clarke for the first two matches.
The hosts, however, lost both Twenty20 internationals and were left debating the merits of a controversial rotation policy CA has introduced to manage injuries and the workload of their frontline players.
While Warne, who took 708 wickets in 145 tests, insisted Australia needed to field its best 11 players every time it stepped out, fast bowling great Dennis Lillee has backed CA's approach.
"He's 100 percent in agreement with the selection panel with managing the load and development of players," Sutherland said of Lillee, who captured 355 wickets in 70 tests.
Sutherland added that he was prepared to meet with Warne and discuss the 43-year-old's criticism of CA's player rotation policy and his claim that "rubbish" decisions were turning Australian cricket into a "big joke".
After venting his initial anger on Monday, Warne reiterated his views a day later.
"As I said last night we need cricket people running the team & who understand cricket & what's required at the top level, not muppets," he tweeted yesterday.
Warne questioned the logic of having former rugby union international Pat Howard as the board's high performance manager but Sutherland threw his weight behind the former Wallaby back.
"I have every confidence in Pat Howard and his team, and what they're doing," Sutherland told local media yesterday.
"Personally I find it a little bit disappointing to read about that (Warne's criticisms) in the fashion that I have.
"Ideally you'd like to be able to sit down with Shane and understand a little bit more deeply his opinions."
Australia won all three tests in a recent series against Sri Lanka but was held 2-2 in the subsequent one-day internationals after resting skipper Michael Clarke for the first two matches.
The hosts, however, lost both Twenty20 internationals and were left debating the merits of a controversial rotation policy CA has introduced to manage injuries and the workload of their frontline players.
While Warne, who took 708 wickets in 145 tests, insisted Australia needed to field its best 11 players every time it stepped out, fast bowling great Dennis Lillee has backed CA's approach.
"He's 100 percent in agreement with the selection panel with managing the load and development of players," Sutherland said of Lillee, who captured 355 wickets in 70 tests.
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