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Katich omission prompts outrage

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Simon Katich .

Melbourne: Simon Katich's surprise omission from the Cricket Australia's list of 25 contracted players has prompted outrage from his State with a senior New South Wales official questioning the credibility of the selection process.

"Simon Katich continues to be one of the best performed batsmen in Australian first-class and one-day cricket and his sacking beggars belief," New South Wales chief executive Dave Gilbert said from the West Indies.

"With the retirements of Justin Langer and Damien Martyn, his sacking is even more bewildering and seriously questions the credibility of the selection process," Gilbert was quoted as saying by `The Australian' newspaper.

With Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath also retiring, only Katich and veteran Queensland paceman Michael Kasprowicz had their contracts discontinued. Young South Australian leg-spinner Cullen Bailey was one of six new names on the list.

Contracted players: Cullen Bailey, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Daniel Cullen, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Michael Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Ricky Ponting, Chris Rogers, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, Shane Watson and Cameron White. — Agencies

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