One of Australia’s finest fast bowlers and bowling coaches, Craig McDermott, is confused by how England have got it so wrong.
Craig McDermott is overjoyed with Mitchell Starc’s leadership of the Australian attack in Adelaide, but equally bewildered by England’s “atrocious” performance with the ball in the first two Tests.
McDermott meanwhile has been baffled by England’s decisions, from leaving pace veterans Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad out of the first Test, to not bowling first at the Gabba and the lengths the bowlers have delivered. “I don’t know what their tactics were from that point of view. The whole setup and how they’ve gone about picking their bowlers has been very bewildering really.
“When I took over as bowling coach we had a number of bowlers who were really trying to bash that back of a length. We weren’t swinging the ball much at all,” he said.“It really wasn’t that difficult to grasp. I just had to get the players’ buy in to accept it. “That’s just good bowling and good captaincy from Steve Smith. His field placements have been very good, as they always were when he was captain, and he’s got bowlers who know what they’re doing.
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