The appointment of Mike Young as a full time fielding coach to address the fumbles and foibles of the Australian outfield woes, may be an indicator that McGrath was on the money when he pointed to the merits of specialist coaches as a way forward.

“You look at all the big professional teams around the world and they’ve got every base covered,”

The bases will most certainly be covered, with Young having earned his stripes in baseball. Having worked with the Aussie one day squad on and off for the last few years, he has now been made a full time member of the coaching staff.

All of which would look to signal the demise of Buchanan as coaching Commander in Chief. Refer to previous post of Ponting’s potentially arse biting statements!