Australia's bowling coach Craig McDermott (L) talks to fast bowler James Pattinson during a practice session

McDermott had took over the job from Troy Cooley CA in May last year and helped the likes of Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins combine to become one of the world’s most dreadful pace attacks.

In the next year, apart from the World Twenty and the Champions Trophy, Australia have away series against England, Pakistan and India, and host South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies, and 2013 Ashes and the Queenslander had the reservations over too much traveling demands associated with the job.

“It has been a very difficult decision to leave my position as the bowling coach of the Australian cricket team, a job I have thoroughly enjoyed since beginning 12 months ago,” said McDermott who took 291 wickets in 71 Test matches (with the average of 28.63) for Australia between 1984 and 1996.

“However the team’s schedule is a particularly busy one and after looking at the upcoming touring demands, I felt this to be the right decision from a personal and professional point of view,” he added.

“It has been a great honour to work with our most exciting bowlers over this period. The progression of particular players and the improvement of depth in Australian bowling stocks has been the result of much hard work from both sides and is something I am particularly proud of.”