Obviously quite a deal hinges on where McGrath is at. He is coming along well. He will have a bowl in the nets tomorrow, and we will have a better idea of where we are going then. |
One would obviously think that hasn't quite worked, so it might have to be a little bit more of a direct approach from me. |
Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident. |
People really wanted this, |
Ricky and senior players have just reiterated some approaches. We are hoping we will leave the tour unscarred. |
Shane spoke to us in South Africa, and then again in Bangladesh. There are a lot of considerations for him, mainly in terms of the longevity of his career. He needs to come to a conclusion. With the contract meetings coming up, I imagine it will be one of the topics for discussion. |
Shane Watson is one player that played that role briefly in a Test match and certainly in our one-day games, so he's obviously a young player of the future and one that the selectors would have in mind. |
So it gives us some room for improvement which is always a nice place to be. |
That hasn't quite worked so we need to take a little bit of a more direct approach. |
The fast bowlers showed there was enough movement in the air and enough movement in the wicket to encourage them and Ricky to keep them going, |
There are a lot of things that everyone will take away from this tour. We've taken some interest in what England have in and around the team and the assistance they get from the England & Wales Cricket Board. |
There wasn't a lot of turn first day so it was an opportunity for the fast bowlers to bowl. |
There were good parts to each person's bowling, |
There would be some fall out if Australia lost the series 2-0, no doubt about that at all. (But) the more cutthroat or the more challenging or the more knock out it is, that's all good for us because we're going to face it in eight months time in the ICC (Champions Trophy) and soon after that hopefully in the World Cup. |
There's been an enormous change in the last five years. |