Outgoing Australian coach John Buchanan has hit back at his critics, saying
the claims of over-training the players were "nonsense" and such comments
were not helping the team. 
"I think that's nonsense. The notion of overtraining,
I'd like to know what the definition of that is," Buchanan said.
"There's been plenty of comment from people on the outside and I would
say if it's constructive help that would be great, but at the moment I find
it pretty unhelpful."
Shane Warne, who recently retired from the international
cricket, had said his former team-mates were being placed under too much training
work load, which resulted in their defeat at the tri-series with the World
Cup just a month away.
But Buchanan said Warne was not around the Australian
ODI team for quite sometime now to know the ground reality.
"I haven't seen Shane's comments but all I can
say is I prefer people to make comments if they are in and around the team.
This is a one day side and Shane hasn't been around that for a while,"
he was quoted as saying by the 'Telegraph'.
"This is a one-week period (of losing form) in a team that currently wins
75 per cent of its games. That's a hasty assessment. Some people link that to
injuries and workloads. I find that commentary unhelpful. Injuries occur in
sport, simple as that," he said.
Buchanan, however, admitted the team did train hard
for some time but claimed it would pay dividends in the upcoming World Cup at
the Caribbean.
"Yes, we trained harder for a period of time but
the players and medical staff agreed to it. I'm hoping we'll see the benefits
through the World Cup," he said.
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