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“Watto is hitting the ball as good as I’ve seen”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has lavished praise on all-rounder Shane Watson, stating that he “put the team first” when scoring his magnificent century during the third Test in Perth as he was thinking about setting England a massive target instead of bolstering his own stats.
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“As a group, we were disappointed how we started but we turned that around this afternoon”
Australia fast bowling coach Craig McDermott has announced that he was impressed with the way the bowling attack bounced back after England made a fantastic start to their innings.
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“There’s not too many tailenders around the place who bat below seven that enjoy playing a lot of balls around their helmet”
Australia fast bowling coach Craig McDermott has announced that the national team’s pace attack will continue targeting England’s batsmen with bouncers since it has proved to be highly effective.
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“A bloke coming at you at 150 kph or 155 kph, with a slinging action, is not a lot of fun”
Australia fast bowling coach Craig McDermott has revealed that left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has the potential to become even quicker.
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“We will wait until the day before the game to see where he is with his bowling”
Australia fast bowling coach Craig McDermott has revealed that all-rounder Shane Watson is unlikely to bowl during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane since he is still recovering from a low-grade hamstring strain he suffered during the seventh and final ODI against India.
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Johnson’s last Test match came against India in March
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson, who has tormented the Indian batsmen throughout the ongoing seven-match ODI series, has flown home in order to get some much-needed practice prior to the start of the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals England on November 21 in Brisbane.
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McDermott is extremely worried about Australia’s lack of swing
Former Australia pace bowler Craig McDermott, who was recently re-appointed as the national team’s bowling coach for Test matches, has admitted that the lack of swing Australia’s pace bowlers are getting in India “is a real concern” ahead of their Ashes series at home next month.
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Australia enjoyed a lot of success during McDermott’s stint as bowling coach in 2011-12
Former Australia pace bowler Craig McDermott has returned to mentor the national team’s seamers ahead of the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals England on November 21 in Brisbane.
McDermott has helped produce some of the greatest young bowlers Australia have seen in a while
Former Australia pace bowler Craig McDermott has announced that he will be returning to his coaching role at Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Brisbane less than a year after he stepped down as the national team’s bowling coach.
Starc has attributed a lot of his early success to Siddle
Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc has announced that veteran seamer Peter Siddle is the “heart and soul” of the national team’s pace attack and added that he is the person all bowlers look up to, just like all the batsmen in the side admire Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey.
