"Cricket Australia know this. Wicketkeeping great Healy has called for a more streamlined structure believing that the Australia national team's cricket coaching is "totally over-serviced". Another former Test star, Shane Watson, blamed Australia’s jam-packed international schedule, with an explosion in the popularity of lucrative Twenty20 cricket. Other former players have cited poor preparation before the disastrous Test run, with an abundance of one-day and Twenty20 cricket not conducive to excelling in the five-day format. Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland, under big pressure for overseeing the current mess, admits it is an issue.

Source: Bangkok Post November 21, 2016 03:49 UTC