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Daniel Brettig
October 18, 2011
Craig McDermott, Australia's bowling coach, will hark back to his teenage tearaway past to guide Pat Cummins as he presses for a place in the Test team on the tour of South Africa. McDermott made his debut for Australia in the 1984 Boxing Day Test against the West Indies at the age of 19, entering the team at a time when confidence was low and results poor. He made a strong start against Clive Lloyd's tourists and followed it up on the 1985 Ashes tour, before enduring a few spells out of the team. Those good and bad days are now McDermott's resource as he helps Cummins and the rest of the Australian attack plan for the three ODIs and two Tests in South Africa.
"It'll be interesting to see how he [Cummins] develops in the one-day series in South Africa after bowling well in the T20s," McDermott told ESPNcricinfo. "It'll be up to the selectors who they pick for our Test attack, but when we've got three or four blokes who can now bowl 140kph plus, it's a big plus for us, and we've still got James Pattinson sitting at home in Australia who has bowled well as well."
McDermott said he felt empathy for the young bowlers had been noted by fast and useful example of the work he did with Robert Pattinson and Cummins. In Sri Lanka, Pattinson spent a lot of time perfecting his skills despite never be close enough to the election in the Test XI.
"I think it was very useful, especially with people like James Pattinson youth," said McDermott. "Throughout the tour of Sri Lanka later formed his day off after days and really did not play good cricket. He arrived in South Africa and shot very well in the T20 and the bad luck of being in the tests.
"Pat Cummins joined as a 18, so there are lots of emotions he goes through. He had some good experiences through the Champions League T20, and now we just gotta make sure we put these guys through and feed them while getting them hard one day and Test cricket. "
Simon Katich was the first captain to take advantage of Cummins is available on first-class cricket Sheffield Shield in three games late last summer. Katich Cummins describes as "an absolute dream" for any captain, as a young melon with rich gifts and a head in the form of use.
"For a child who is only 18 years, has an incredible brain to him already," said Katica. "Control-wise, he knows what he is trying to do, so the point of view of the captain, it was difficult for him to captain.
"You can not play well, you can rotate in both directions, and it's just a good young man has a lot to him. We are running out to have around, but we knew that once he hit his straps and had the chance I probably would not see also ".
Cummins has been blessed with the ideal physical filiform bowling at high speed, and Katich felt it was necessary to set the size much at all to be fully developed.
"I do not have to get much more Just look at someone like Brett Lee. Has never been so great in his career, he was strong, but he did not get bulky," Katich said. "Pat is the same, is very thin and nervous, but still capable of bowling at 150kph. It obviously has a young body, but he made a reasonable time before the season with us, so we hope you keep in good stead.
"There is still a long way to go and no doubt will admit, but soon discovers he has a lot of natural talent and has a good head on his shoulders. He is very mature for his age and is a smart guy, so I think will be more than capable when you have your chance, if he continues to learn as he did. "
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