http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 believes new coaching staff working well for Australia – Cricket News Update
The lanky Aussie pacer, Mitchell Johnson, has expressed that Australia’s recent strategy of appointing new coaching staff has been working well for the side.
Johnson admitted that the humiliating defeat in the last Ashes series followed by a terrible World Cup campaign, dented the team’s confidence but things seemed to have improved during the last couple of months.
Besides Michael Clark’s appointment as the new skipper, Cricket Australia recently made drastic changes to the International side. While the former opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-John-McDermott-c51704 were given
the responsibility to train national players in the fielding and bowling departments respectively.
Citing separate coach for each department of the game as a great idea, the gangly left-arm fast bowler credited the new coaching staff for the recent improvement in Australian cricket.
"It`s good to have Craig on board with his Test experience. I had a good relationship with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 boost for us,” said Johnson.
He added that the presence of specialist bowling coach will help him and his fellow bowlers during foreign tours since the coach would guide them in adjusting their game according to the conditions.
The Queensland-born seamer recently made a shocking decision to stay out of the lucrative Big Bash League, reasoning that he will play grade cricket to get ready for the crucial upcoming series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Considered as one of the fastest bowlers in the modern-day cricket, Johnson has played 42 Tests for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, grabbing 181 wickets at an average of a little under-30.
When asked about the recent changes he made in his bowling tactics, the 29-year-old paceman shared, “I`ve worked on not too http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 technical with him, just my fingers, split fingers and things like that. This helps me stand the seam up a little bit, or hopefully
that`s the plan, and give me that balance with the ball, because I`m not going to be fiddling around with my wrist or anything like that at this (point).”
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