Craig McDermott enjoyed a fruitful year as Australia's bowling coach, getting results with a simple philosophy based around high fitness and pitching the ball up to the bat, with the occasional bouncer. He departed for personal reasons at the end of the West Indies tour, but is now back on the touring schedule as Ireland's bowling consultant at the World Twenty20.
Looking back at your year with the Australian side, do you think you achieved what you set out to do?
I do think I achieved what I set out to. I was new to some of the guys, hadn't done a lot of work with some of them, but obviously I had a lot to do with James Pattinson and Mitchell Starc. I'd known Ryan Harris, had a little bit to do with Peter Siddle. I set out trying to put down my philosophy on what I wanted to achieve and going about some changes with some of the bowlers from a technical point of view, and also what I expected from a training point of view and what we wanted to achieve as a bowling unit.
I do think I achieved what I set out to. I was new to some of the guys, hadn't done a lot of work with some of them, but obviously I had a lot to do with James Pattinson and Mitchell Starc. I'd known Ryan Harris, had a little bit to do with Peter Siddle. I set out trying to put down my philosophy on what I wanted to achieve and going about some changes with some of the bowlers from a technical point of view, and also what I expected from a training point of view and what we wanted to achieve as a bowling unit.
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