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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
That's why I'm critical of CA and not the players. The players are being cast as villains when all they did was do exactly what was asked of them by the governing body.
There are two arguments being put out there.
First, the players just played their part in the process totally ambivalent to the result and it is up to CA as to who is appointed. Cummins had been running that line when asked all summer and again yesterday - which I guess is what you are getting at.
Second, there is the stronger "I'm standing up for my mates" and "the best interests of Australian cricket at heart" defense which Cummins also tried to run yesterday implying that whatever role he has done was somehow extraordinary or beyond just giving feedback and that he insisted personally that the change was made on behalf of the team.
Supporters of the players are willing to give him both excuses, others see that they contradict one another.
The furphy here is that any of the senior players did anything particularly wrong in the last six months. The damage was done last year with the media leaks, whiteanting and whatever deal or understanding was reached between CA and the players between the Bangladesh series and the T20 WC after Paine/Finch/Cummins sat down with Langer and Malcolm Conn really ratcheted up his attacks. The results in the Ashes and T20 WC just exposed what was reported at the time, Langer was never going to be extended and they players knew that - there was no "process".
The two interesting questions for me:
Where has Finch been in all of this? He was more outspoken and seemed genuinely frustrated about the leaks that were going on mid-last year. It surely would have been a helpful to have Cummins front the media with Finch as national captains and deflect a bit of the heat assuming they are sympatico.
Does Tim Paine have a book deal yet?
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@kiwimurph said in Aussie Cricket:
Time to retire?
Playing soccer in the warm up too. He got others falling over running between wickets and knocking his head on a door. Must be very heartbreaking and frustrating for him.
