AUSTRALIAN national selector Merv Hughes has taken a thinly veiled swipe at Shane Warne in a bid to soften the scrutiny on captain Ricky Ponting and embattled spinner Nathan Hauritz.
Warne caused a furore when he used Twitter to question what he felt were Ponting's poor field placements for Hauritz as India.
It was later discovered Hauritz had himself set a largely defensive leg-side field for his opening two overs which cost 22 runs.
''It's interesting. Of Warney, he obviously knows a fair bit about the game but, as most past players do, they seem to not want to get involved directly with the team and criticise from afar when things go bad,'' Hughes said.
As Australia prepares for the opening one-day match against India in Kochi today, pressure continues to build on Hauritz, who finished the Test series with six wickets at 65 in an environment which also caused Warne problems.
''Twelve months on we get criticised for playing him. I just don't know what the public or media want from the selectors.''Marcus North has secured himself a berth in next month's Ashes opener at the Gabba after a career-saving century in Bangalore.
There is no doubting the left-hander's ability to post big scores, having scored five centuries in 19 Tests, rather his inconsistency continues to frustrate. ''Unfortunately for Marcus, most other players when they go bad, they get a 20 or 30, Marcus either gets nothing or hundred,'' Hughes said.
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