for Victoria. Australia struggled during the World Cup, failing to make the semi finals, and Alan Border later wondered if omitting O'Donnell was a mistake. "It's a real shame that he just couldn't get it together when the selectors were sitting down", Border said. "To me he's done a fantastic job for us... It was a difficult one, wasn't it? His form was ordinary and we weren't exactly sure how he was going to come up bowling." 1992–93 O'Donnell was reappointed Victorian captain for the 1992–93 season. He earned selection in the Prime Ministers XI. Victoria struggled that summer and O'Donnell's captaincy came under criticism for lack of imagination and aggression. There was some talk his job was in danger. O'Donnell: "I agree where there's smoke there's fire, and comments like that aren't made unless they come from a pretty reliable source. I suppose the next step is to try and find out where they come from and talk to the person that makes them, because if there's anything that's got to be said I'd prefer it was said to me. That hasn't happened as yet, but we'll see what happens in the next 24 hours." Victorian officials said that O'Donnell had their support. Victoria did make the final of the domestic one day tournament that year but performed poorly in the Sheffield Shield and O'Donnell began to seriously reconsider his future. In July 1993 O'Donnell resigned as captain of Victoria. References External links Simon O'Donnell's ODI Howstat statistics Brydon Coverdale, "Australia's Winter Allrounders: XI Test Cricketers who played Australian Rules football at the highest level", Cricinfo, 28 May 2007 Nine network's Cricket Show Website for OTI Racing, O'Donnell's company 1963 births Living people Australian cricketers Australia Test cricketers Australia One Day International cricketers Australian cricket commentators Victoria cricketers Northumberland cricketers Cricketers at the 1987 Cricket World Cup Cricketers from New South Wales Australian rules footballers from New South Wales St Kilda Football Club players People from Deniliquin M Parkinson's World XI cricketers