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Sri Lanka's bowling coach Chaminda Vaas returns to job after quitting over pay dispute
•Former Test player Vaas, 47, quit on the eve of the national team's departure to the West Indies last month. He stepped down days after replacing Australian David Saker.
Andrew McDonald appointed assistant coach to Justin Langer in Australia men's team setup
•McDonald has worked closely with a number of current Australian players, including Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris and James Pattinson, and coached in Britain and India
Cricket Australia appoint ex-England bowling coach Troy Cooley for this year's Ashes tour
•Australia on Monday appointed ex-England bowling coach Troy Cooley for their upcoming Ashes series as they bid to win the urn on away soil for the first time in 18 years.
Australia bowling coach Troy Cooley expects to return to national cricket academy after Ashes gig
•Although announced as bowling coach for the Ashes last week, Cooley confirmed he would be in the role for a good time, not a long time.
Australia's assistant coach David Saker steps down months ahead of the World Cup
•Saker, who performed a similar role with England before joining the Australian set-up in 2016, resigned after lengthy talks with coach Justin Langer.
India vs Australia: Tim Paine dismisses bowling coach's claim about difference in opinion between players over tactics in Sydney Test
•Tim Paine said that they did get some plans wrong, but there was nothing as worrying as a disagreement.
India vs Australia: Oz bowling coach David Saker says there was confusion over tactics between pacers and skipper Tim Paine
•Saker revealed that the bowlers and Paine were not on the same page about the tactics to be deployed on a green-tinged SCG pitch.
South Africa vs Australia: Ball-tampering scandal 'hurting' visitors' dressing room, says bowling coach David Saker
•David Saker said, "Putting three guys into a Test match, two have come from Australia and one hasn’t played in a game for a while, was always going to be a little bit tough."
South Africa vs Australia: Proteas in driver's seat after visitors fail with both bat and ball on Day 2
•South Africa moved closer to a series win as Australia slumped to 110 for six at the end of the second day in reply to the imposing first-innings total of 488 made by the hosts.
Australia appoint former captain Ricky Ponting as assistant coach for triangular T20 series against England, New Zealand
•Ponting has been brought into the coaching setup as Graeme Hick, David Saker and Brad Haddin will leave early to begin preparations for Australia’s tour of South Africa in March.