Aussie coach unhappy with two separate teams for NZ, SA tours

MELBOURNE: Australia head coach Justin Langer is opposed to the idea of fielding two separate national teams in two different parts of the world for a Test and Twenty20 series to be held at the same time next year.

Australia is scheduled to play five T20s in New Zealand from February 22 to March 7. At the same time, they are slated to tour South Africa for three Test matches, which will form part of the inaugural 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship.

"The chairman (Earl Eddings) knows this, the CEO (Nick Hockley) knows this really clearly - my personal opinion is I don't like it at all," Langer said on SEN radio.

"I don't ever want to have two Australian teams in one place, that's my personal opinion. In this year, with what's happening with COVID, I understand there's complexities to it.

"We're one country, aren't we? We're not two countries. And we're one sport," he added. Agencies

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