Coulter-Nile on being dropped:”It was communicated to me really poorly”

Dixit Bhargav | 06/01/2019
Coulter-Nile on being dropped

Coulter-Nile on being dropped: The Australian fast bowler was vocal about poor communication from the Australian selectors.

The problems with and around Australia’s selection committee doesn’t seem to end for this time it is fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile, who has accused the selectors of ‘poor communication’ regarding being dropped from the ODI squad against India.

While Australia’s 14-member squad was already being criticized due to the copious changes made to it, Coulter-Nile lashing out at the selectors raises further questions on the selection committee comprising of Trevor Horns, Greg Chappell and Head Coach Justin Langer.

Coulter-Nile’s only ODI last year came against South Africa at Perth in November. Having registered bowling figures of 3-0-26-1, the 31-year old right-hand fast bowler was overlooked for the next two matches.

Citing soreness in Coulter-Nile’s back, the selectors decided to not include in the four-man pace attack against India. However, it didn’t go too well for him as he said that the selectors picked the team before him appearing for a scan.

“I didn’t take [the news] the best, to be honest. I think it was communicated to me really poorly,” Coulter-Nile told ABC Radio.

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“I won’t go into it, but I don’t think soreness is really any excuse for not playing cricket. In fairness, I hadn’t had a scan yet. I had had back soreness and back history, but I hadn’t had a scan to see what was wrong. I had one when I got home and it was all clear. They picked the team before I had a scan to know what was wrong with my back, that’s just when the team was picked to come out,” he said.

The fast bowler said that he doesn’t have a problem in being dropped but believes that better communication on the part of the selectors could have made things better.

“I was getting some mixed messages about what was happening – that’s just the way it is. I have no issue with being dropped, I just like to get a clear message about why – I was told it was because I had a sore back.

“JL [Langer] asked me when they were selecting the team, I said I have a sore back but I haven’t had a scan yet. With my history, it was just better off to check it. I think communication used to be a little bit better – from everyone,” Coulter-Nile added.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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