Neilsen ready to dig in.

WHERE Australia's incumbent coach John Buchanan often employed corporate jargon and motivational tools to achieve results, his replacement is very much the cricketer's coach.

Tim Nielsen played more than 100 first-class matches for South Australia as a wicketkeeper-batsman; Buchanan made just seven appearances for Queensland.

While Buchanan is most comfortable at his laptop or with a video recording device in his hand, Nielsen is regularly spied chatting with his charges over a beer and cigarette.

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