Cricket Australia dismisses batting coach Graeme Hick

Melbourne, AFP. Sports events around the world were postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Meanwhile, all the cricket boards have also suffered a lot. Cricket Australia (CA) also took lay-offs and cut staff salaries. Now the team's batting coach Graeme Hick has also been fired under this.

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Australia head coach Justin Langer said on Thursday that reducing the number of support staff under the country's cricket board's spending cuts would not have a bad effect on the players. Graeme Hick, a longtime Australian batting coach, was removed from Langer's coaching staff list on Wednesday.

Hick is among the 40 people the CA evacuated due to the financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. Langer said that no one can criticize me that I am not ready to work. Certainly we have less staff but despite this, players will get full support.

Langer said that telling Hick about his removal was like facing Kurtley Ambrose and Courtney Walsh without a helmet. He said that he is a brilliant person and there is no doubt about it. You can't meet an honest person more than Graeme Hick. His loyalty to work is incredible, his knowledge of the game is unbelievable, so it was certainly a difficult decision.

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Langer, however, hinted that mentors like Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh could join the team for the big series. Let us tell you that not only Cricket Australia but many boards are currently facing financial crisis due to Kovid 19 epidemic. Many tournaments were postponed due to this and even big events like T20 World Cup are in danger of postponement.