Darren Lehmann hits out at chief selector George Bailey: ‘He’s too close to the team’ | Cricket News
Former Australia player and coach Darren Lehman has questioned Australian chairman of selectors George Bailey’s close-knit relationship with the current squad. Lehman pointed out that Bailey is not the right man to make the tough calls. “In my opinion, he’s too close to the team,” Lehmann said on ABC Sport. “I would like him sitting up watching in a selectors’ box somewhere and be able to make his own decisions. “My preference is the selector to be able to make decisions within a selection group and deliver a hard message if they have to. Make a hard decision if they have to for the betterment of Australian cricket. “Now, you can’t do that sometimes if you’re too close because you actually get too emotional and you care about the players. As a selector, I cared about the players, as a coach you do, but sometimes you actually get too close and you forget about what’s out there.” Lehman said as a selector Bailey is not strong even. “Or selectors aren’t strong enough to actually stop …
