Craig McDermott

Former Aussie cricketer Craig McDermott is in the city. We bowl him a few bouncers...

New Delhi, Jul 21 () India's ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named as the face and brand ambassador of the Craig McDermott International Cricket Academy (CMICA), a leading state of the art private cricket and educational sports academy in Australia.

Fast bowling greats Glenn McGrath, Allan Donald and Craig McDermott, among others, have been shortlisted as possible candidates to succeed Dennis Lillee as coaching director at the MRF Pace Foundation.

Matthew Hayden does not find a fittest cricketer than Craig McDermott and rates West Indian Curtly Ambrose as the ultimate fast-bowling package.

New Delhi, Jul 20 () He does "miss playing Test cricket" and India's limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is keeping a keen eye on the series against West Indies starting tomorrow, saying spinners will play a huge role in the Caribbean.

Craig McDermott believes it will be the pace combination of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood who will play a major role in tackling Virat Kohli and Co during Australia's four-Test series against India.

It's not everyday that an Indian bowling attack is touted as favourites going into an away series but Craig McDermott feels that Ishant Sharma's "workhorse" like ability will give Virat Kohli the edge against the West Indies.

Cricket Australia has interviewed ex-Pakistan captain and coach Waqar Younis as Craig McDermott's successor for the position of Aussie bowling coach.

As the curtain goes up on the return Ashes series, Australia will be hoping to return the compliment in their own backyard and win back the 'urn'.

McDermott felt Cummins role in India won't just be restricted to his bowling prowess alone.

With Lancashire needing four off the last ball to reach a target of 153, Australia limited-overs paceman Nathan Ellis bowled Richard Gleeson.

Former South African speedster Allan Donald is poised to sign a fresh contract with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) after being ignored by Cricket Australia (CA).

The Indian Test skipper has made this a habit while playing abroad over the last year. Kohli has been part of enough Test matches, prior to his captaincy, when the Indian team had frustratingly failed to have close out matches.

Ricky Ponting said there is great opportunity for a Siddle, a Hilfenhaus or a Bollinger to really make a name for themselves.

Australian fast bowlers Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle took 75 of the 100 England wickets in the Ashes series which concluded in Sydney.

The WACA surface will surely encourage Johnson to bowl faster, but Aussie bowling coach McDermott does not want his bowlers to get carried away.

Split captaincy across three formats has been a practice, but Cricket Australia now is toying with the idea of having different coaches in different formats.

Former Australian spinner Shane Warne on Tuesday picked Allan Border as the skipper of his greatest Australian ODI XI. Warne's greatest Australian ODI XI included Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Dean Jones, Michael Clarke, Allan Border (c), Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee, Craig McDermott, Glenn Mcgrath.

Life's good for Ben McDermott. The 19-year old wicketkeeper-batsman, who was recently a part of Australia colts' team during their tour to India, has now been handed a rookie contract by Brisbane Heat for this year's Big Bash League.

Alister showed early promise, debuting in first-class cricket as an 18-year-old in 2009, and was on the verge of making the national team in 2011.