Phillip Hughes has been hard done by, according to former Test captain Steve Waugh. Source: AFP
CRICKET legend Steve Waugh says selectors need to pick and stick with the nation's top six Test batsmen if they're to have any chance of putting Australian cricket back on the winning path.
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He says the axe hanging over the heads of Australia's fringe batsmen is preventing them from relaxing and playing their natural game.
"Look at Phil Hughes, he's been up and down the order and has been dropped three or four times in 20 Tests. That doesn't give you much confidence," Waugh said.
"Usman Khawaja is another example.
"Selectors have got to say: 'We're going to go through some tough times, but these are the six or seven batsmen we believe in and we're going to back them even if they don't succeed straight away'."
Waugh's comments to ABC's 7.30 program came the same day Australia's batting order crumbled once again to hand England the fourth Test in Durham and a 3-0 series victory.
Chasing 299 to win the Test, Australia was in the box seat to win at 0-109 before collapsing to be all out 224.
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The 168-Test former captain says he has experienced first-hand the benefits of selectors showing faith, as he didn't win a Test match until his 13th Test and failed to score a ton until his 26th Test.
However, he then flourished into one of Australia's most successful batsmen and captains, accumulating 10,927 Test runs with an average of 51.06 and leading Australia in 15 of their record breaking 16 consecutive Test victories.
"It took a long while for me to get it right as well," Waugh said.
"But I had the benefit of getting it wrong.
"Right now, the selectors need to pick and stick and show confidence in players."
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