Brisbane, Dec 02: With their confidence severly dented after the hammering received from Queensland Academy of Sports in the second tour game, India's pace battery today got the much needed help with former Australian speedster Bruce Reid joining the squad.
The 40-year-old, Reid, who has been appointed as the bowling coach for the four-Test series against Australia, had a session with the pacemen before spending some more time with left-arm seamers Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan.
Reid took the two speedster for a quiet session where he stressed upon them the correct wrist position and the arc in which the arm should swing at the point of delivery.
Indian coach John Wright looked particularly happy that his bowlers were getting the assistance of one of the best left arm seamer, who had also helped Zimbabwe during their recent tour of Australia.
"Bruce was highly recommended to us. It was a good opportunity for us to use his vast experience," Wright said.
"Bruce has vast experience of bowling in Australia and he knows what is the correct length to bowl to”.
"Our attack is young and most of them only have a couple of years under their belt. We hope he would help them out with advice which would be useful for the Test series," said Wright.
"But then there is one thing to explain and another to execute it well."
Bureau Report