PERTH: Former captain Steve Waugh says a lack of stability within the side is contributing significantly to the current Australian cricket team’s woes. Waugh, who lost just nine of his 57 Tests as Australian captain, believes the national selectors have made too many changes to the team over the last 18 months and not shown enough faith in young players.
“What the selectors have got to do, which they did back then, is have belief in the younger players they pick and say ‘you are there, we believe in you, we think you are the future of Australian cricket and you are going to have a bit of leeway’,” he said. “It’s not always going to be successful early days, I guess I was a perfect example – I didn’t score a hundred until my 26th Test and I never won a Test until my 13th Test playing for Australia.
