Tony Dodemaide named as Australia's new selector

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Former Australia allrounder to sign up for chairman of selectors George Bailey and head trainer Justin Langer at the three-man panel

Former Australia and Victoria allrounder and long-time cricket administrator Tony Dodemaide has been named as the brand new selector within the Australia males’s set-up taking up the position vacated by way of Trevor Hohns.

Dodemaide will sign up for chairman of selectors George Bailey and trainer Justin Langer at the three-man panel in mid-November forward of the boys’s Ashes collection leaving Langer and Bailey to make a choice the groups for the T20 Global Cup, with Langer being each the pinnacle trainer and the selector on responsibility within the UAE.

After an extended top notch profession with Victoria and Sussex, Dodemaide went directly to have an overly prominent profession in cricket management beginning because the MCC’s head of cricket prior to transferring to Perth in 2004 to change into CEO of the WACA, when Langer was once the state captain. 3 years later he returned to Melbourne to soak up a job as Cricket Victoria’s CEO. He oversaw the redevelopment of the Junction Oval as Victoria’s coaching and management base prior to leaving the position in 2018.

Dodemaide has since been the overall supervisor of Hockey One, Australia’s new nationwide hockey pageant that was once shaped in 2019 however will stand down in that position to soak up his new place as a countrywide cricket selector.

“It is a as soon as in a life-time alternative to make contributions no longer best within the instant tournaments and collection but in addition to lend a hand chart the medium to long run process the Australian males’s groups,” Dodemaide stated.

“I will’t wait to supply my enjoy in cricket as a participant and in control to help George [Bailey] and JL [Langer] but in addition the broader Australian cricket prime efficiency community. All the way through my cricket adventure I’ve frequently been with reference to prime efficiency and choice, so I believe neatly suited for and ready for this position.”

Alex Malcolm is an Affiliate Editor at ESPNcricinfo

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