Australia’s coach moves on from Ashes defeat
Tim Nielsen, Australia’s coach, wandered around London following the Ashes loss last year and contemplated his past and future
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Tim Nielsen, Australia’s coach, wandered around London following the Ashes loss last year and contemplated his past and future. The Sun-Herald’s David Sygall spoke to him about the result and the signing of a new contract.
“I kept thinking, 'What's happened here?''' The Ashes had been close. A session lost at The Oval, another at Lord's, and the urn was gone. ''I read the media, and saw there were people questioning my decisions and accusing me of not knowing what I was doing,'' Nielsen said. ''I can get a bit emotional, and it was hard to focus on the big picture. I was trying to work out why, how, what had I done wrong? I questioned the decisions I'd made, and wondered if I could have done better.”
Sygall also has some questions for Australia ahead of the Ashes.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo