Australia’s head coach Justin Langer has confirmed to bring the veterans back in the team management. He wants his team to get benefitted from the knowledge of legends. As said, former cricketer, Mike Hussey will re-join the coaching staff of Australia. While, later this year, former allrounder Andrew Symonds will also mentor the Kangaroos.
Earlier, Hussey was included in the coaching staff for the T20 Campaign against Pakistan. Now, he will join the team against South Africa. Australia will head to play three-match T20I and as many ODIs against Proteas.
The tour will start on February 21 in Johannesburg.
While speaking to Cricket Australia (CA), Langer said the initiative to bring legends in coaching staff will surely help the cricketers.
“One of the things we’ve tried to do is bring some of the legends back around the team,” Langer said on Sunday
“Our young guys and all our players can learn so much (from them), they’re great mentors. We had ‘Punter’ (Ponting), we had Steve Waugh for the Ashes, we’re looking at getting Andrew Symonds to come to New Zealand with us … and Mike Hussey is coming to South Africa. It’s a really good initiative,” Langer added.
Hussey, also known as “Mr Cricket”, has also enjoyed a coaching role with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in recent years. While he enjoyed few stints for his national team as a coach. Hussey believes that it is a difficult task to opt for a full-time job as a coach.
“I do love coaching. The difficult thing is, do I want to do it on a full-time basis and be back on the road for 10 months of the year with a young family? That’s not something I’m interested in at the moment.
Hussey has dedicated his seven years of life in the field though he is still connected with the game in different ways.
The former batsman has played 79 Tests, 185 ODIs and 38 T20Is.