Sydney, July 27 (IBNS): Following the resignation of Mark Waugh, Cricket Australia has imposed more responsibility on Australian coach Justin Langer.
The board has made significant changes in the country’s national cricket selection process.
The official website of Cricket Australia said: “Mark Waugh, who resigned earlier this year, won’t be replaced by a new selector, with Langer to instead take on Waugh’s former role as chair of T20 selection. ”
A three-man panel of Langer, Trevor Hohns and Greg Chappell will handle Test and ODI cricket.
The Australian team coach will take responsiblity for the T20 side and be supported by Hohns and Chappell as well as coaches and talent managers from Australia’s domestic teams.
“Having a selector focus on the T20 format for the past 18 months was viewed as a success … and we will look to continue this in a slightly modified way,” CA’s team performance manager Pat Howard was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia website.
“This sees Justin take on additional responsibility as both the Head Coach and lead selector in Twenty20 cricket, as we build towards the ICC World T20 in Australia in 2020,” he said.
“Justin has performed a similar role previously while coach of the Perth Scorchers, and has a wealth of knowledge around the Big Bash League and its players,” he said.