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Marsh resigns as Australia chief selector
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ROD Marsh quit as chairman of selectors yesterday in the wake of Australia’s fifth consecutive test loss, bringing forward his retirement by six months.
Australia was ranked No. 1 in the test format before being swept 0-3 in Sri Lanka in July and August and has now surrendered a three-test series at home to South Africa with a match to spare.
Australia’s brittle batting was exposed in the first two losses — by 177 runs at Perth and by an innings and 80 runs in Hobart, where the depth and technical flaws were obvious as Australia was dismissed for 85 in the first innings and lost its last eight wickets for 32 runs in the second innings on Tuesday.
The tenures of the national selectors, coach Darren Lehmann, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland and high-performance manager Pat Howard have all been under intense scrutiny as Australia slumped to one of its worst losing streaks.
Sutherland had backed Marsh earlier yesterday, saying the former test wicketkeeper would see out his contract until mid-2017.
There’ll undoubtedly be changes in the playing personnel, yet Marsh was the first casualty of the loss.
“This is my own decision and no one within Cricket Australia has pressured me or even suggested that I should do this,” Marsh said in a statement released by Cricket Australia.
Cricket Australia planned to appoint an interim chief selector for the remaining test against South Africa, starting on November 24 in Adelaide, and for the three-test series against Pakistan, starting on December 15.
Marsh was appointed chief selector in May 2014, replacing John Inverarity.
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