'I'm not a lucky charm' - Mike Young

It's great to be back. I've been looking forward to this ever since I got the call. I've been up in the north woods and actually the day I left it was 20 below zero Fahrenheit and there was 15 inches of snow following me as I drove to the airport six hours back to Chicago. Then I got out here and it's 90 degrees out here - that was a wake-up call.

It's been about a month I knew. Darren (Lehmann) called me and said get involved with the tri-series and the World Cup, so very pumped up about that.

First of all let me comment on the not so good. Playing in India we made it to the knockout round and we played pretty well and almost beat India. What I take out of them is experience. Every World Cup game is important. I can pass on a few little things here and there from those World Cups but these guys know what they're doing.

Darren was just moving the staff around, making some changes. I'd been with the team and I'm back for now. Greg Blewett I know very well, he's doing a great job, he and I talk every day. It's good to inject new people - the coaching projection, to be quite frank, is if you're doing a good job you want to make yourself redundant. It sounds crazy and people don't like to hear that about most of their work, but there comes a time when they need to have another injection of a different personality to keep players sharp. I think what Boof's done here is a really good job.

I was in America, I followed it and read some things and I take offence to some of those things because there's a lot of facts, and nobody on this planet in cricket respects how hard it is to catch a cricket ball more than me, because I didn't play. When I got into the game I was amazed. For years in America on ESPN Sportscenter they've got the top 10 plays of the day. I called up New York City and said 'that was a nice play baseball-wise, but I see two of those every match in cricket that are better than that'. All of a sudden I'm watching Sportscenter, they've got top 10 plays and there's a cricketer on it. I was happy about that because they have no idea how hard it is. These guys are the best in the world - you're going to drop some balls, you're going to catch some.

The worst thing to do is to say it's more important, honestly. Because why put the excess pressure on somebody when it's already hard enough. You're going to have good games and bad games - what I consider a drop and what other people consider a drop can be different - I see guys diving for a ball, it hits them one-handed and it's labelled they put it down. Come on, it's not that easy. I think that [the fielding problems] has been overplayed a bit.

Confidence is everything. But to their credit they're so resilient, they've been through so much, they bounce right back. You're going to drop a catch, no big deal. I'm going to go public on one thing - I've been around coaching for 30 years, I read something the other day and it doesn't matter who wrote it, but I have a problem with people calling me a lucky charm. I have a problem with that as a professional. I'm not a lucky charm, I'm not a horseshoe. They don't need a lucky charm, they're good enough. I'm here to impart anything I can to help. My job is to help Blewey.

Ricky was the best thing for me because he loved fielding training. Being Ricky Ponting the superstar and the captain, if he's going to do it people will follow. That made my job so much easier, and let's not forget the talent. I just take a different approach, I come from a different background. This is my coaching style. Some guys might not like it, I don't know, but I'm just there to help.

I have no idea. If they wish for me to continue I'll happily do it - I'm an Australian, don't let the accent fool you - I'd love to continue on but that's not my decision and whatever it is I'll support it.