CA are conducting the review after Australia was humiliatingly whitewashed in their three-Test series in Sri Lanka recently ahead of a crux tour of India early next year. Sutherland revealed the review would examine CA's high-performance setup.
"Are some of the fundamental things that we are doing to prepare our players to perform well and be highly competitive in subcontinental conditions passing the test?" Sutherland told Fairfax Media on Wednesday (August 31). "I think that's where the review gets a little bit more meaty and challenging and more fundamental, going right down into questioning our high-performance systems as well."
Since their glory days ended after the retirements of legendary bowlers Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, Australia has won just one Test match in the subcontinent since 2008 and have currently lost nine consecutive matches in Asia.
It is not only in the subcontinent where Australia has underwhelmed having not won an Ashes series in England since 2001. Since then, Australia has won just four from 20 Tests in the UK.
Sutherland said Australia's poor record in the UK and subcontinent was not acceptable. "To be a bonafide international cricketer in this day and age you need to be able to adapt to conditions in Australia, conditions in England, conditions in the subcontinent ... wherever you play," he said."And that adaptability is something that needs to be reviewed because some are adapting and some aren't."
Sutherland defended the controversial withdrawal of Steve Smith, Australia's captain, from the current One-Day international series against Sri Lanka. Smith went home after the second ODI for rest and recuperation ahead of a busy Australian summer.
"It's obviously far more preferable for him to stay and see that through but the nature of international cricket today and the calendar is that at times we need to make decisions that are in the best interests of the individual and the team," Sutherland said.
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