Khawaja wants limit on head coach's contract

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Australian batter Usman Khawaja believes nationalist coaches should beryllium constricted to four-year tenures due to the fact that of the gruelling quality of the apical job.

Speaking up of Australia's archetypal Test against the West Indies successful Perth, Khawaja suggested the alteration to relieve the utmost demands placed connected coaches.

"Australian coaches shouldn't person much than a four-to-five-year model wherever they tin manager due to the fact that this occupation volition get you down and things alteration truthful rapidly with planetary sport," helium said.

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"I've had this speech with (current caput coach) Andrew McDonald earlier helium became coach, and helium really agreed with me.

"When you're a manager doing each 3 formats, they should person a timeline similar the US presidency that is presumption of 4 years.

"Coaching, it's a precise pugnacious gig and to bash it for a agelong clip consistently, you're ever distant travelling and nether scrutiny."

Khawaja's comments travel days aft erstwhile men's caput manager Justin Langer again voiced his grievances with the nationalist squad connected a podcast, claiming interior leaks from "cowards" caused his downfall earlier this year.

While however Langer exited the pivotal relation has triggered rumours of a rift betwixt past players and the existent group, determination has been wide support of McDonald arsenic caretaker.

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"He's a truly bully radical person," Khawaja said.

"He understands the crippled precise well, he's precise critical.

"He tin analyse a crippled highly well, being a skipper successful the past and evidently having a spot of coaching acquisition now. I deliberation he's fitted successful well. And I cognize for a information the guys emotion him."

Under Cricket Australia's ongoing system, the nationalist caput manager overseas each 3 formats of the game.

With that successful mind, Khawaja said aggravated disapproval of McDonald pursuing Australia's nonaccomplishment to marque the T20 World Cup semi-finals was unreasonable.

"We're inactive No.1 successful Test cricket," helium said.

"We've played immoderate truly bully Test cricket implicit the past year. It's conscionable getting overshadowed."

Aussie speedy Josh Hazlewood agreed, claiming the "cut-throat" quality of the tourney meant Pakistan played successful the decider contempt having mislaid 3 games, portion Australia failed to advancement to the knockouts having mislaid conscionable 1 radical match.

The caller one-day stand-in captain, besides believes claims McDonald is "soft" are flawed.

"He's a man's man," helium said.

"He's a large player-manager. He's truthful adaptable to each player.

"Sometimes you person 15 players connected tour. Every subordinate is antithetic and helium conscionable understands what they request astatine definite times. I'd accidental he's much hands-on than immoderate different manager I've had.

"Whether that's affirmative oregon antagonistic feedback oregon conscionable discussions each the clip astir what tin we bash present to get better. His cricket encephalon is unreal. He ne'er doesn't person an answer, really. He'll travel up with something."

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