Join 24/7 Cricket News For More Updates
Brydon Coverdale
September 27, 2011
The coach of Australia acting chief, Troy Cooley, hoping that conditions in South Africa will help find Mitchell Johnson top form after a disappointing year. Cooley will be responsible for Australia's next trip to South Africa after being appointed as temporary replacement for Tim Nielsen, who resigned after the test series victory in Sri Lanka.
During that trip, Johnson continued to struggle to collect just two wickets in each of three test matches, his first test drive with a new coach bowling, Craig McDermott. And 'crowned under-par 12 months Johnson, who was then a brief visit to India in October last year has taken 29 wickets at 38.89 Test.
Cooley seen the series in Sri Lanka from Australia and said that Johnson seemed consistent, but he needed to continue working on your wrist position. The next series will be crucial to Johnson, who faces competition from Ryan Harris, Trent Copeland and Peter Siddle for a place in the side, not only in South Africa but for the home tests against New Zealand and India.
Johnson is an advantage in its strong balance sheet in South Africa, where in 2009 he took 16 to 25 doors and it was especially toxic in the test of Johannesburg. Two tests in Australia in November will be played at Newlands in Cape Town and the Wanderers in Johannesburg, where Johnson was the man of the match last time he played there.
"I think the conditions certainly suited to fast bowlers out there, and the places we play, will certainly give an advantage," said Cooley. "It will be all of us together now and make sure that It is not just Mitch, but the rest of the team is in place and shooting and build on what we started in Sri Lanka.
"Mitch has worked closely with Craig McDermott for some time now. We have a relationship with Mitch over the years, we have seen ups and downs along the way, but fully aware of Mitchell is still liable to go out and perform.
"From what I saw on TV, it looked like he was bowling consistently. It should probably make sure that things work out in his wrists, as they can. I'm sure Craig McDermott worked, and I'll pick up with Craig as soon as I hit the bridge on Monday. "
Cooley spent most of the last five years working closely with the attack on Australia as the bowling coach of the team, but backed off earlier this year to become head coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. His appointment as interim coach of Australia came after he told Cricket Australia will not be valid for the full-time basis.
Instead, he is happy to work with the players developing the Centre of Excellence to assume leadership roles as a coach in Australia, which made the tour of Zimbabwe in July. On this trip, the offspinner Nathan Lyon done enough to impress coaches and earn himself a Test debut in Sri Lanka, and Cooley said Lyon was good enough to succeed in South Africa too.
"Nathan is relatively new to the team, but he defended very well in Zimbabwe and, of course, began his career with the Australian team perfectly," said Cooley. "This is a difficult area to rotate the finger cup there [South Africa], is the conditions in Australia, but has some control over such a large and raised with every game I see that acquitted himself very well if you have selected ".
Cooley will join the Australians in a time of great change, but also a lot of promise, after his victory in the series 1-0 to Sri Lanka. Facing South Africa in its own terms is a different challenge, but despite being second in the test table of the ICC, South Africa have not won a home Test series since beating Bangladesh in 2008."South Africa remains a formidable line," said Cooley. "They have a great line of bowling and the batsmen, although they are a little older, continue to produce tracks. They sit above us in the test table and we will work hard to pursue them."
Bookmark and Share This Post :
0 comments:
Post a Comment