He has naturally copped plenty of criticism following the loss, but Healy says McDonald should be under pressure. <\/p>\n
The former all-rounder was appointed in 2022 and has huge overseas series coming up in 2027 in India and England, with Healy calling for batting legend Ricky Ponting to come in if Australia suffers more losses. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe captain in cricket runs the show and takes the rap,\u201d Healy said on SENQ Breakfast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe coach stays out of those areas (like what to do at the toss), but Andrew McDonald is a selector.<\/p>\n
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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – OCTOBER 07: Coach Andrew McDonald of Australia during the Australia training session at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium on October 07, 2026 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Gerhard Duraan\/Gallo Images\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the selectors, with their laughable squad that was unbalanced in South Africa, really need looking at.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe they got the Nic Maddinson selection over the line.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I\u2019m hearing is they are looking at extending the coach \u2026 but what I\u2019d be doing is inquiring about the availability of several. Can we get Ricky Ponting?<\/p>\n
\u201cHe (McDonald) is in the gun. I don\u2019t mind one more year, McDonald taking us through to the Ashes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf things don\u2019t improve, then I would have worked on a high-profile player to carry our next generation forward as head coach.\u201d<\/p>\n
George Bailey, Chair of Australia’s National Selection Panel, finds himself under some external pressure following the Aussies\u2019 collapse in South Africa. (Photo by Jason McCawley\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Some of the selections throughout the series did more than raise a few eyebrows, with Healy declaring Bailey must go. <\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I think so. I think it\u2019s time to move on,\u201d Healy replied when asked if Bailey should lose his job.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he\u2019s also got a selection panel he\u2019s got to get these selections over (the line) with.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the coach and Tony Dodemaide, a second selector; they are together.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a bit mind-boggling at times how you can get a selection over the line with three of you agreeing to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former wicketkeeper Ian Healy says Test coach Andrew McDonald is \u201cin the gun\u201d after Australia\u2019s series defeat in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":949412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-949411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}