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Sydney: Cricket Australia (CA) today announces a change to its fast bowling coaching structure with Craig McDermott appointed as Test Bowling Coach while Ali de Winter will be Limited Overs Bowling Coach.
The 48-year-old shocked Cricket Australia when he resigned in May 2012 after a successful 12 months in the job, which then also included coaching the one-day and Twenty20 bowlers, citing the conflicting demands of touring with family life.
But he has been enticed back in a revised role in which he will focus on the Test team, with the incumbent Ali de Winter moving into a new position overseeing the limited overs' bowlers only.
McDermott, who has been prominent in the development of young fast bowlers James Pattinson, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc along with the renaissance of Peter Siddle, said he was looking forward to the challenge.
Commenting on the changes, General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard said: "Appointing coaches to specific roles is something the Team Performance Department has been considering for some time.
"Given the amount of cricket played now in all three forms of the game, we've been considering our coaching structure to get the best out of the players across the various formats.
"We also feel that with the amount of touring now it is extremely difficult for every member of the support staff to be on every tour.
"As we've seen in more recent times we've swapped our support staff at particular moments to ensure everyone is fresh and energised and the feedback on that has been very positive," Howard said.
Commenting on the decision, Australian Team Coach Darren Lehmann said: "It's great that Craig is now in a position to be involved again and also means we are able to allow Ali to focus on the limited overs formats ahead of the ICC World T20 and 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup which are coming up quickly."
