Almost a year after quitting international cricket, Glenn McGrath wants to return to cricketing fold by mentoring Australia's new generation of fast bowlers.
MELBOURNE: Almost a year after quitting international cricket, most successful Test paceman Glenn McGrath wants to return to cricketing fold by mentoring Australia's new generation of fast bowlers to help the team maintain its dominance in the world game.
"I've spoken to Cricket Australia and they've said when I'm ready to do something they're keen to have a chat and see what we can work out," McGrath said.
"I've had good chat with (fast-bowling coach) Troy Cooley about what I could offer the team and we'll see what we can come up with," he was quoted as saying by 'The Australian'.
"My first thing was to have 12 to 18 months out of the game, get it out of the system, spend some time at home and then go from there," he added.
The 37-year-old McGrath, who has been devoting a lot of time to the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer research but found it impossible to walk away from the game, is one of the star signings in the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 series starting in April.
McGrath also said that he stays in regular contact with the Australian team, and is unofficially giving assistance to the fast bowlers.
"I speak to the boys quite a bit. I chat to them or text them before and after each Test. I went to the Sydney Test match and spoke to the bowlers then. I'm always available. Whether further down the track I'll be more involved with the team, we'll wait and see."
On Shaun Tait's flop show at the WACA Grounds in Perth, McGrath said 'it's a bit of a shame that Taity didn't have more bowling under his belt going into the Perth game. The wicket wasn't as quick and bouncy as they first thought. But it's just one of those things.'
"Hopefully he'll learn from it. Sometimes the games where you don't perform as well as you like are the ones you learn the most from. He's got huge potential. There are not many people who bowl at his pace, and he's such an awkward guy to face if you haven't seen a great deal of him."
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