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AUSTRALIA'S injury impasse and reliance on Ryan Harris's rickety frame demands the return of Craig McDermott to Darren Lehmann's national coaching ensemble.
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McDermott is fast bowling's version of the horse whisperer and the Test great's return in some capacity requires examination - as does Cricket Australia's handling of its young pace cohort.
CA's injury management is again under sharp focus with crack trio Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson and Pat Cummins sidelined with back stress fractures.
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McDermott has told The Advertiser he would "welcome with open arms" a phone call from CA to resume as a bowling mentor this summer and it would be a proactive move.
Australia, will be in a world of trouble if Ashes spearhead Harris – currently battling a hamstring strain – falls over against England.
Harris – who enjoys McDermott as a confidante – snared 24 wickets at 19.58 in England to be the only Australian to take over 20 wickets. England skipper Alastair Cook had three Graeme Swann (26), Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad (22) in a 3-0 triumph.
Michael Clarke's extensive pace reserves loomed as the key in a compressed, five-match return Ashes series but they are running thin with rising seamer Jackson Bird also plagued by a back injury.
McDermott, a brilliant bowling mentor for 12 months until May last year, would be invaluable in re-educating reinforcements on the art of swing, consistency and staying on the park. Chadd Sayers, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Hilfenhaus or Josh Hazlewood could yet feature if Australia's injury scourge escalates.
McDermott oversaw Ben Hilfenhaus' metamorphosis from a 2010-11 Ashes mauling of seven wickets at 59 to take 27 at 17.22 the following summer against India. Hilfenhaus' late swing returned in a 4-0 whitewash while reborn Peter Siddle took 23 wickets at 18.65. However Hilfenhaus faded again last summer.
Mitchell Johnson now looms as a key given fellow 23-year-old left-armer Starc's demise - the only remaining paceman – Harris apart – capable of rushing England's batsman at 150km/h.
Incumbent bowling coach Ali de Winter is skilled but McDermott's 71-Test expertise would be an invaluable addition at the coalface.
Australia's tender treatment of Starc has not prevented a debilitating back ailment. There is a school of thought it has been counter-productive. Cummins, 20, is now facing his third season in the stands with a back stress fracture, to be joined by Starc just when Australia needed him most.
Starc was infamously rested from a blue-chip Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka last season in Melbourne and second Test against England at Lord's in July. He has not figured in consecutive Tests since his debut series against New Zealand in 2011.
CA high performance boss Pat Howard, in a bid to explain the fate of his fallen fast men, on Monday said it was preordained that those under 23 would habitually break down. However McDermott recalled 'bowling more not less' was the key to his durability in claiming 80 of his 291 wickets in 24 Tests by the age of 23.
CA must now seriously consider resurrecting McDermott, a casualty of the Mickey Arthur era and trust pacemen to become "bowling fit" rather than jump at shadows created by sports science boffins.
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