Rift In Australian Team? Josh Hazlewood's Comments Sees Adam Gilchrist Make Bold Claim

Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist said Josh Hazlewood's comments post a crushing day three's play for the hosts in the first Test against India have suggested to him that there is a likelihood of divide in the dressing room. In the post-day press conference after day three ended, Hazlewood was asked about how Australia would approach day four. His response to the query was, “You probably have to ask one of the batters that question. I'm sort of relaxing and trying to get a bit of physio and a bit of treatment, and I'm probably looking mostly towards the next Test and what plans we can do against these batters.”

“I guess the batters are just sticking to what they do, their preparation. They'll have a hit in the morning and talk around plans of what happened in the first innings, how they can negate that and move forward and improve on that.”

During a discussion on day four's play in the Perth Test, Gilchrist talked about it on Fox Sports and said, “That to me tells me there is potentially a divided change room. I don't know if there is. I might be reading too much into that.”

He then asked former opener David Warner if there is more to read in Hazlewood's comments. Warner said, “I think as a senior player you have a duty of care when you're representing the team to have something the batters want to get across, all the batters are thinking about going out and batting.”

“There's not a lot of runs in that changeroom at the moment, but to have the support from a senior bowler, those comments probably weren't warranted. I don't think there's a divide in there, you probably see in great teams as well you could come off after a long day and start pointing fingers, but I don't think there's a divide.”

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