Australia news

Cooley wants Johnson 'up and firing'

Sep 27, 2011: Australia's acting head coach, Troy Cooley, hopes the conditions in South Africa will help Mitchell Johnson regain his best form after a disappointing year

Australia news

Cooley named Australia's interim coach

Sep 27, 2011: Troy Cooley has been named as Australia's interim head coach for next month's tour of South Africa, but he has confirmed he will not apply for the full-time job as Tim Nielsen's replacement

The Ashes 2010-11

Cooley backs 'awkward' Johnson to lift

Nov 18, 2010: Troy Cooley is confident there will be no repeat of Mitchell Johnson's Ashes meltdown this summer, despite his disappointing recent Test form

Australian news

Cooley named Australia's Centre of Excellence coach

Sep 27, 2010: Australia will be on the lookout for a new fast-bowling coach after Troy Cooley was named as the new head coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane

Australia in England 2009

Nielsen to take leave ahead of Champions Trophy

Sep 2, 2009: Australia are already without their captain Ricky Ponting in England and soon they will also lose their coach, with Tim Nielsen set to take leave before the end of the ODI series

The Ashes 2009

Cooley gives Aussies a taste of 2005

Jun 30, 2009: Troy Cooley on Australia's pacemen for the 2005 Ashes

The Wisden Cricketer - April 2008

Pace is back

Mar 26, 2008: In the early 2000s a pair of spinners took centre stage. But Warne is gone, Brett Lee is better than ever, Dale Steyn is making the headlines, and quicks are even thriving in India, traditionally fast-bowling's final frontier

Interview: Troy Cooley

'Good fast bowlers know how to endure pain'

Oct 15, 2007: Troy Cooley talks to Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on how fast-bowling coaching has evolved over the years

But Lee's return goes to plan

More delays to Tait's comeback

Aug 15, 2007: Shaun Tait has been rated a "day-by-day prospect" as he attempts to prove his fitness for next month's Twenty20 World Championship

Cooley hosts camp to work on new techniques

Australian bowlers learn Twenty20 survival instincts

Aug 9, 2007: Australia have altered their focus from swing to Twenty20 as they try to find a way to cope at the World Championship

India in England, 2007

Nothing fancy, just the basics work in England - Cooley

Jun 29, 2007: Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling coach, believes that India's inexperienced seam-bowling attack could give England's batsmen a few surprises

Watson's calf strain improves

Australia allow Tait to have wide role

Apr 18, 2007: Troy Cooley, the Australia bowling coach, does not plan any major rebuilding of Shaun Tait's action despite him averaging five wides a game

World Cup 2007

Cooley added to World Cup plans

Feb 24, 2007: Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling coach, has been made a permanent part of their World Cup plans after an initial decision that he'd only be involved in the preparation period

'We've got some work to do'

Cooley plans to put bowlers back on track

Feb 20, 2007: Australia's bowling coach Troy Cooley hopes the attack has received the "wake-up call we needed" before the team defends the World Cup

England board under fire

Marsh slams ECB decision to let Cooley go

Dec 12, 2006: Rod Marsh, the former Australia wicketkeeper who headed the ECB's Academy from 2001 to 2005, has slammed the England board, accusing it of virtually losing the Ashes when it decided to allow Troy Cooley to return to Australia

Harmison's problem 'not major'

England call for Holding's help

Nov 30, 2006: England have taken up Michael Holding's offer to help Steve Harmison iron out his wayward bowling action. Holding, who is meeting with the England bowling coach Kevin Shine today, said Harmison's trouble was "a slight kink" at his point of delivery.

Fast bowler wants improved display

Lee ready to get a grip on England

Nov 29, 2006: Brett Lee is confident he will not suffer the same problems with his delivery stride in Adelaide as he looks to improve on a disappointing first Test

Border, Hughes and Thomson join debate

'I'm on track for the Ashes' - McGrath

Oct 25, 2006: As the nation's cricket critics line up Glenn McGrath, he has insisted he is "on track for the Ashes"

Troy Cooley tells his England friends to join the kangaroos

'I'm looking for an Australian Ashes win'

Sep 21, 2006:

Troy Cooley on bowling's secret movement

Talking in reverse

Sep 20, 2006: Troy Cooley speaks to Peter English about how big a threat reverse-swing will be during the 2006-07 series