Marsh is 100% behind the English cause

Marsh, 55, the former Australian Test wicket-keeper, was appointed as a selector on Tuesday to replace skipper Nasser Hussain.

And he has brought with him Troy Cooley, his former assistant at Australia's academy, who has already started his new role as England's first full-time bowling coach.

Both men say they are determined to restore their new charges to winning ways.

And Marsh has even declared himself "100% English in terms of cricket".

"If I'm still a selector when England next play Australia [in 2005], then I'll be rooting for England to win, of course I will," he told the Sunday Express.

Tudor has pace and an excellent outswinger, but he needs to show he's hungry Troy Cooley

Cooley's agenda is to improve England's performance for the betterment of world cricket as a whole.

"After a decade with Australia's academy, Rod needed a new challenge, and I felt the same," he told the Sunday Telegraph.

"We want cricket to survive, and good Ashes battles keep interest alive."

Cooley, one of the fastest bowlers Tasmania has ever produced, has already played a part in nurturing talents like James Anderson, Steve Harmison and Simon Jones.

And he wants to find the formula for grooming a steady stream of England pace bowlers.

"I want to devise an English system of producing quicks. I've no intention of implementing a carbon-copy of the Australian way."

The 37-year-old refined Anderson's action to good effect just before the VB Series.

"His front foot was splaying towards second slip and could have led to ankle or shin problems.

"Now it points down the wicket," said Cooley, who identifies the Burnley bowler's mental attitude as his biggest strength.

Cooley believes that patience is the key where Harmison is concerned and tips Alex Tudor for a return to the top level.