Aussie players meet over Katich axing

A player meeting has cleared the air after opener Simon Katich's controversial axing ahead of Australia's tour of Sri Lanka next month, captain Michael Clarke said yesterday.


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Clarke called the players together so they could express their views behind closed doors in the fallout over the senior Test opener's dumping from Cricket Australia's central contracted list.

Australian coach Tim Nielsen said this week that Katich's axing was a clear sign that the national selectors wanted to "regenerate" the team.