Sydney: After Australian captain Ricky Ponting, it is the turn of veteran pacer Glenn McGrath to offer some advice to struggling seamer Brett Lee.
McGrath, who is recuperating from an ankle injury, said the key for Lee to reverse his recent poor form was to take the pressure off himself and start enjoying cricket again. "I think everyone is just expecting too much too soon," McGrath said.
"He has come from a big layoff and gone straight into four matches, which is hard work at the best of times. It does take a few matches to get backfiring and I have got all faith in Brett. I think he just needs to go out there and enjoy himself," McGrath told Australian Associated Press a day after Ponting suggested that physically worn out Lee needs rest to get back to his best.
Lee, though part of the One-day squad, did not feature in Australia's first two matches against India and Zimbabwe. The tearaway bowler is yet to find sustained rhythm after a double injury blow last year.
McGrath did not agree with the suggestion that Lee, who averaged almost 60 in the two Test matches he played against India, should modify his intimidating style of bowling.
"I think what makes Brett special is that he does have express pace, and I would hate to see him intentionally drop that pace to bowl line and length and be a little bit more conservative," McGrath said. "That is his role in the team, as a strike weapon.
"That is like me going out and trying to bowl 160 km/h, it is not what I do best," he said. "Brett going out there, bowling flat out, excitement, things happening all the time, taking wickets, to me that is what Brett's all about.
"That was the reason he was picked in the first place, so I would hate to see him change his game."
On his own fitness, McGrath said he hoped to be fit for next month's tour of Sri Lanka. "I don't want to come back and struggle with it for a month or two before I am back to 100 per cent, I want to come back and be firing from ball one."