Allan Border back as a selector.

[Gilchrist]

From Cricinfo:
Allan Border has ended his one-year retirement from the Australian selection panel and will replace the former chairman Trevor Hohns, who resigned in April. Border left the group before the 2005 Ashes to focus on his increasing media commitments, but when Hohns departed with more than a decade of experience Cricket Australia needed someone with similar skills.

"I have always loved working as a selector and only stood down because of other time constraints," Border, who first joined the panel in 1998, said. "My circumstances have now changed and I am very happy to make myself available."

Border, the fourth selector, links up again with Andrew Hilditch, the new chairman, and David Boon while Merv Hughes was appointed as Border's original replacement. Hilditch said he was pleased when Border nominated for the position. "We worked together well under Hohns and with Boon and Hughes we have a quartet of expertise and experience that completely understands Australian cricket, the demands of the Test and one-day arena and is completely committed to ensuring the ongoing success of the Australian cricket team."

Full article here.

 

[RoboRocks]

Good desicon to make Border a selector he is very good.

 

[IloveGilly]

As long as there are people there that actually do make the right decisions and Border might actually do that.

 

[aussie1st]

Any selector will do just as long as they pick the right players and not stick with guys that aren't cutting it.

 

[Left_Hander]

Good decision. Don't know why they dropped him in the first place, or did he just quit himself?

 

[Gilchrist]

He quit himself.

 

[genghis_khan]

He's got balls

i wouldnt want to be an Australian selector in the next few years with all the big calls that are going to have to be made.

 

[James219]

Good decision. Don't know why they dropped him in the first place, or did he just quit himself?

Yeah, as they said, he resigned because of media comments (i.e. contracts with foxtel cricket programs that required him to put forward his views on certain players and sometimes even selection matters, and CA weren't happy with it)
Anyway, as GK said, this'll be an extremely difficult transition period in which youth will have to be preferred over experience, and bold, yet intelligent, decisions will have to be made- I think Border's a great man for the job, as his playing career is reflective of not only his cricket brains and firmness, but also his strong, courageous attitude.