Former coach Mickey Arthur Thursday slammed Australia’s players as “boorish and arrogant” and accused them and governing body Cricket Australia of being unwilling to improve the culture within the game. “I have been bitterly disappointed watching the Australian cricket team over the last few years. Arthur, who was the national coach from 2011-2013, said he had tried to change the culture within Australian cricket but was not able to. Arthur said when he was in charge, he found the cricketers “were a law unto themselves” and the homework affair was a “microcosm of a problem that remains with the Australian team to this day: the sense of entitlement among the players”. “Australian cricket has been in an ivory tower for too long.

Source: Hindustan Times March 29, 2018 09:45 UTC