2011 Controversy
In the middle of the 2010/11 Ashes series between Australia and England, Katich injured his achilles tendon and was ruled out for the remainder of the series. In middle 2011 the Cricket Australia Selection Panel did not grant Simon Katich a new international contract despite Katich being one of the most consistent batsmen in the team. The selectors claimed that they were planning for the future but Katich has claimed that new Australian Captain, Michael Clarke, was behind his test axing due to a scuffle in the SCG dressing rooms after a Test match between Clarke and Katich. Former Test Cricket Bowler, Brett Lee claimed in his autobiography that "If you don't get on with Katich, you're a pretty ordinary bloke." Katich was given a lot of support following his axing and he said at the start of the 2011/12 Sheffield Shield season that he would score 1,000 runs in the season. Katich has currently started the season with scores of 110, 65, 6, 8 and 125 and so far a total of 314 runs in 3 games.
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