De Winter to succeed McDermott as bowling coach for Australia

[Bradman99]

Craig McDermott has stepped down as Cricket Australia's bowling coach, citing the national team's heavy touring schedule. The former Test quick has received rave reviews in recent months for his work with Australia's bowling attack, allowing pacemen such as Ben Hilfenhaus to rediscover their best form. "It has been a very difficult decision to leave my position as the bowling coach of the Australian cricket team, a job I have thoroughly enjoyed since beginning 12 months ago," McDermott said. "However the team's schedule is a particularly busy one and after looking at the upcoming touring demands, I felt this to be the right decision from a personal and professional point of view. "It has been a great honour to work with our most exciting bowlers over this period and we have achieved much success. "The progression of particular players and the improvement of depth in Australian bowling stocks has been the result of much hard work from both sides and is something I am particularly proud of." McDermott will provide input to CA's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. He said he wanted to continue his coaching career and was pursuing options which allowed him further flexibility.

Huge loss for Australia. He has improved our bowling tenfold.

[Old guy]

seriously big loss plz come to india he can bring his family here we are not touring much anyway :D

[rkt.india]

seriously big loss plz come to india he can bring his family here we are not touring much anyway :D

:two_thumbs_up:

[vamos_rafa]

He really reaped benefits. And the best thing was, he made the bowlers to bowl as they bowl. Unlike our coaches who give all fancy trainings.

[cameron_black]

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WTF??

[Crookbond]

He really reaped benefits. And the best thing was' date=' he made the bowlers to bowl as they bowl. Unlike our coaches who give all fancy trainings.[/quote'] He had a simple theory - bowl full. It may not work in the sub-continent but works rewards in places like South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

[rkt.india]

He had a simple theory - bowl full. It may not work in the sub-continent but works rewards in places like South Africa' date=' Australia and New Zealand.[/quote'] :agree:

[vamos_rafa]

He had a simple theory - bowl full. It may not work in the sub-continent but works rewards in places like South Africa' date=' Australia and New Zealand.[/quote'] Correct. And is that so difficult for our bowlers/coaches to understand? Sometimes simple things help a lot don't they?

[Crookbond]

Correct. And is that so difficult for our bowlers/coaches to understand? Sometimes simple things help a lot don't they?

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci

[coffee_rules]

England attack if not as good , even better than the great Australian attack of the 90s As per Saker. Really? http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-west-indies-2012/content/current/story/566645.html

Saker rates attack as good as great Australians George Dobell David Saker, the England bowling coach, has said England's bowling attack is "as good as" the great Australian attack that dominated world cricket for more than a decade. ... "We should be saying our group is as good as them," Saker said. "You can compare them. The Australians were stand-out bowlers, a great group for a long time and they also had a world-class spinner. Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne in tandem were amazing, but I have seen some spells from Jimmy Anderson and Graeme Swann that have been just as good or better at times. It's important we don't forget the ability of Swanny when he comes in around the three quicks. That's really important. "McGrath was the stand-out in that group but they had Brett Lee :yikes:, Jason Gillespie and Andy Bichel, too: they were all fantastic bowlers. It's a bit like when Jimmy and Swann bowl together - it is not unlike McGrath and Warne at times. There is so much pressure on the batsmen. Craig McDermott's departure from Australia's bowling coach role has created a vacancy back in Saker's home country, but there appears little chance of him being persuaded to leave the England job such is his admiration for their talent. "In Sri Lanka, there were a couple of times, especially late on day four in the second Test, those two reminded me so much of McGrath and Warne. They put so much pressure on the Sri Lanka batting group and the wickets fell. They also have the back-up of some really good quicks as well, which is nice to have." That 'back-up' may have an opportunity in the next Test. With England having secured a series-clinching victory over West Indies at Trent Bridge, England are considering resting James Anderson and, perhaps, Stuart Broad, and allowing Steven Finn and Graeme Onions an opportunity to adapt to Test cricket. While Saker understands that Anderson and Broad will be keen to play in Birmingham, he believes that England's strength in depth is such that even if they missed the Test, the quality of the attack would hardly be diminished. "There's no doubt that the likes of Anderson and Broad will want to play as it gives them more chance of taking Test wickets. But if they have a Test off here and there, in my opinion, it probably gives them the chance to play longer. Those wickets can be picked up later because their careers will be longer. So there are two ways of looking at it. "We have a lot of hard cricket ahead, Tests and one-dayers, and we need to make a decision for the good of English cricket. All our bowlers at Trent Bridge normally play in all three forms of the game so we have to be mindful of trying to give them a rest. But we also have to be mindful that nobody really wants to give up their place, which is fair enough, they are very proud of playing for their country. We have to assess that closely. Two great attacks? England James Anderson: 267 Test wickets at 30.05 Stuart Broad: 161 at 30.42 Tim Bresnan: 52 at 25.46 Graeme Swann: 188 at 28.12 Australia * Glenn McGrath: 563 at 21.64 Brett Lee: 310 at 30.81 Jason Gillespie: 259 at 26.13 Shane Warne: 708 at 25.41

[Sehwag1830]

Such a same England lost 3-0 in Pak,whereas Australia won 3-0 in Pakistan.

[singhprakash72]

Such a same England lost 3-0 in Pak' date='whereas Australia won 3-0 in Pakistan.[/quote'] Thats what it should come to ...otherwise India attack of 90s was as great as Aussie ...in fine print (only in Home conditions) BTW they have a good attack but not yet there .

[Clarke]

BTW they have a good attack but not yet there .

Never gonna be there in comparison to the Aussies. McGrath & Warne were phenomenal bowlers by themselves and their being together was the single most important reason the Australian XI was such a juggernaut.

[vvvslaxman]

England bowling is okay. It is their batting that looks clueless against spin.

[ganeshran]

English bowling is good and does very well as a unit, but better than the Aussie attack of the 90s? yea right. He might as well have said better than the Windies attack of the 80s too. :facepalm:

[saneindian]

Anderson-Swann, as good as they are, should be compared with Gillespie-Macgill at best.

[asterix]

Looks like Saker's contract renewal date is coming soon..

[Andrew Peter]

We ll see that on the upcoming tour to India .

[Vilander]

We ll see that on the upcoming tour to India .

Eng in India...bffff :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[daryl1985]

Such a same England lost 3-0 in Pak' date='whereas Australia won 3-0 in Pakistan.[/quote'] That 3-0 in the UAE was reflective of how bad their batsman played spin. The bowlers have been superb for a couple of years now. Saker is going well OTT in comparing Anderson and Swann to Warne and McGrath.