Former Australian batsman Dean Jones has advised former opener Simon Katich to stop lashing out at the selectors and Cricket Australia after the contentious loss of his Test contract, and to move on with his life.

In an article for 'The Age', Jones has three words of advice for Katich, who still believes that his scrap with current captain Michael Clarke in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) dressing room in 2009 after the Australian team's victory over South Africa, was responsible for his contract not being renewed, -- "Get Over It".

"The recent Australian selectors had to make some serious decisions on players for the future of the Australian cricket team. They basically decided that the team was too top heavy with mature players and one had to go, and that was Simon Katich," says Jones.

Commenting on Katich and his management criticizing Michael Clarke and Cricket Australia for not following up his non-selection, Jones asks: "Do people get a call from their past employers when they are retrenched or sacked? He clearly hasn't worked it out. Players of today can be a little precious at times. They want everything and nine times out of 10, they get it."

He further opines that maybe the selectors got it right.

In Katich's last seven innings, he averaged only 29. I averaged over 85 from my last seven hits and he calls himself poorly treated?

"Maybe Katich should talk to guys like Tom Moody, Jamie Siddons and Jamie Cox about how they were treated. Then he might think he has been treated better than he first thought," says Jones.

"Let me tell you from experience it is awful being dropped. I was dropped seven times from the ODI team from 1986 to '94. I was ranked the No. 1 player in the world by the ICC for four years during that time. I never got any feedback and never wanted it. I realised that no matter what you say, it won't change their opinion. So why waste the energy? When your captain and coach don't want you, then it''s time to go. Test cricket was taken away from me and I didn't just want to play ODI cricket so I retired," says Jones.

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