Complex sentence: His replacement was the younger Nic Maddinson, who had a less consistent and less successful first-class record than Ferguson, and former Australian Test cricketers Brett Lee and Michael Hussey both said that he had been unlucky to be dropped after having just one opportunity.
Split into simpler sentences: His replacement was the younger Nic Maddinson, who had a less consistent and less successful first-class record than Ferguson. Former Test players Brett Lee and Michael Hussey both said that he had been unlucky to be dropped after just one opportunity.