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Players won't be impacted due to support staff reduction: Justin Langer

The national men's team has traditionally had a selector on duty for overseas tours and Langer said the technology should help in filling the void

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Justin Langer said telling Hick of his removal

3 min read Last Updated : Jun 18 2020 | 3:45 PM IST

Australia head coach Justin Langer on Thursday asserted his players would not be impacted adversely due to the leaner support staff at their disposal following the cost-cutting measures taken by the country's cricket board.

Australia's long-time batting coach Graeme Hick was removed from Langer's coaching staff on Wednesday.

Hick was one of 40 redundancies across Cricket Australia as part of the organisation's response to deal with the severe financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

"No one could ever criticise me for not wanting to roll my sleeves up and do some work. We will certainly have less staff on the

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