Brett Lee satisfied with the coaching support staff - Cricket News Update
The aggressive Australia pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Justin-Lee-Langer-c69712 in the coaching support staff of Aussies.
The 34-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 difference in the team struggling for the lost status at the International arena.
"I think with what I have seen over the past couple of weeks that Australian cricket is in a great place and hopefully we will get the results at the other end," the speedster was quoted as saying, by a leading Australian journal.
Cricket Australia appointed the trio last month to assist head coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timothy-John-Nielsen-c94043 in batting, bowling and fielding departments, as the mighty Aussies intend to climb their way back up the Test rankings.
Rixon has been appointed as the fielding coach. McDermott has been given the charge of bowling, while Langer is the batting coach.
The 57-year-old Rixon, who kept wickets for Australia in 13 Tests and six ODIs, replaced former baseballer, Mike Young, as the fielding coach. Young spent the best part of a decade working with the Aussies.
McDermott, the 46-year-old former Australia pacer, was appointed as Tory Cooley’s replacement to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shepherd-c89969 the Australian pace attack after the Aussie fast bowlers failed to make an impact during the 2010-11 Ashes series, which the Kangaroos lost by 3-1.
Langer, the 40-year-old former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 opener, had spent 18 months with the Australian team as a Test batting consultant before he was appointed as the full-time assistant to Nielsen, in May, earlier this year.
Lee said that the trio has been a blessing for the plunging Australian cricket and that the players are enjoying the training sessions with the new coaches.
"The new coaches have been a blessing; it has made it so http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 Australia pacer.
“Fielding can sometimes be a chore, as with batting and bowling, but when you have a different outlook and new people around and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 guys in the squad it has really clicked.”
The right-arm fast bowler further added that the Aussies have big targets in sight and hoped they will do well this summer.
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