Former Australia cricketer Michael Hussey is not pleased with the current approach of the Team Management, saying a lot of chopping and changing in the squad brings in a selfish culture and environment in the team, which may be one of the reasons behind recent downfall in the game.

Since winning the 2015 World Cup on home soil, Australia has used the second-most players in one-day cricket only behind Sri Lanka, as an eye-catching 19 players have debuted in the period. While they have called-up 25 players for just 13 matches in the last 12 months with only Marcus Stoinis has been a permanent member in the squad in those white-ball matches.

The Test great further went on to opine that a lot of change in the things forced the players to doubt themselves and take selfish actions and shore up their spots in the team.

Hussey told News Corp’s Cricket Unfiltered Podcast, “Look at it from the player’s perspective — he’s going to come out there thinking ‘well, what to do I do? Do I play for myself here?’. Because I don’t know if I’m going to get a game next time … or do I play for the team?’”

He further explained, “And what role is required for the team now might mean just teeing off and giving your wicket away. But unfortunately it brings in a bit more of a selfish culture and environment because you’re just worried about your place in the team.”

The 43-year-old continued, “(Selfish cultures are) not how the best teams in the world play. The best teams in the world play selflessly, they play for the team knowing that even if they have a couple of low scores or things don’t go their way because they’re trying to do the right thing by the team, that they know the selectors or the coach is going to stick with them. And invariably what happens is when you see those selfless acts from your players and they start to infiltrate into other players, the culture of the team grows and things start going your way.”

Hussey signed off by saying, “That’s one of the important ingredients in any successful team — that they know exactly what their role in the team is. Even then we’ve chopped and changed the team around in the batting order and things like that. Bowlers have bowled at different stages. If you can just lock down on a role that you feel comfortable with, you know you’ve got the backing … it gives you the best chance of performing consistently.”

(With Daily Telegraph Inputs)