Nielsen, 38, is a former first-class wicketkeeper-batsman who was working as head coach of Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.
The Australian coach said he noticed Kevin Pietersen always fielded in the outfield away from his team mates.
John Buchanan, who coached Australia to the last two of their three successive World Cup wins, has backed Ricky Ponting to lead them back into the final again in 2011 despite their recent Ashes humiliation.
"Make 700 and bowl them out for under 150 on the last day," Buchanan told a news conference when asked about his team's strategy.
The Aussie coach has said that the run out of Martyn was no issue within the team although the on-field confusion between the batsman and Waugh was not needed.
John Buchanan is hoping to meet up with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson for a brainstorming session
Former coach John Buchanan refused to buy the simplistic argument of Australia facing a transitional period for the team's ongoing woes and said the tumble from the perch was due to "systemic" failure.
Never an admirer of John Buchanan's style of functioning, spin legend Shane Warne said the Kolkata Knight Riders coach's multiple-captain theory would only confuse the players.
Sachin Tendulkar is not fit for Twenty20 cricket since he is neither inventive nor fearless, according to former Australia coach John Buchanan, in his book The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20.
During Buchanan's time in charge, the Australians set a world record of 16 consecutive Test wins and 21 straight limited-overs victories.
As Australia's first foreign cricket coach, Mickey Arthur will have to overcome a lot many "cultural issues" during his tenure, feels the team's former coach John Buchanan.
Media reports said the former Australia coach Kolkata IPL team, owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment, will sign up next week.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah feigned ignorance about a reported indirect approach made by the Indian Board to Australia's World Cup-winning coach John Buchanan to take over the reins of the team.
Norman Pritchard: Colonised India's first athlete to win 2 medals in same Olympics
Former Australia coach John Buchanan has been appointed as a consultant by England to help Andrew Strauss's team win the Ashes in Australia for the first time in 24 years.
Former coach John Buchanan does not consider David Warner as one of the greats of the game.
John Buchanan on day said he was "shocked and disappointed" at being sacked as the Kolkata Knight Riders' coach by franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan because the actual deal was to build the team over five years. Buchanan could not help the team's cause in the first two years of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the KKR finished bottom-placed in the second season while courting maximum number of controversies, including the Australian's multiple-captaincy theory.
John Buchanan, coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL), will conduct a two-day talent hunt camp in the city from September 4. The two-day search for new faces by the veteran Aussie may, however, be reduced to a courtesy trip with incessant rains threatening to play spoilsport.
Shane Warne has slammed then Australia coach John Buchanan for questioning the players' (lack of) desire to win, leading to near mutiny in the team.
John Buchanan thinks the loss in Mumbai proved that his team has to find a fresh approach to tackle VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar.
Former Australia cricket coach John Buchanan has been confirmed as the new director of cricket for Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand, according to local media reports on Friday.
Praising Sri Lanka's mystery bowler Ajantha Mendis's showing against the star-studded Indian batting line-up in the just concluded three-Test series, former Australian coach John Buchanan says the youngster should be judged on a long-term basis. "Mendis reminds me a bit of Johnny Gleeson, though he releases the ball much quicker, is taller and stronger. He also has good change of pace," he told newspersons in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Former Australian coach John Buchanan has come up with a wacky idea to revamp "boring" ODI cricket, suggesting that one-dayers be played in quarters of 25 overs each.
Former Australian coach John Buchanan has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to launch a dramatic "intervention" to save West Indian cricket.
"He's obviously batted very well in the last two games and he's a key player for them," said Buchanan.
Former Australia medium-pacer Damien Fleming on Tuesday opposed John Buchanan's multiple-captain theory, saying he would prefer one man calling the shots.
With the current situation not conducive for Pakistan players, Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday said the team is not too keen on retaining Shoaib Akhtar and the Pakistani pacer is "up for trade".
Cricket and the Olympics made for strange bedfellows when the sport featured in its roster for the first and only time in the 1900 edition of the games in Paris.
Rumours of a joint ticket between the two men in the 2024 race were fanned by the Trump campaign's praise for Ramaswamy after the first Republican primary debate on Wednesday, in which he emerged as a breakout star.
'... But India lacks solid backup to Bumrah, Shami, and Yadav. Bumrah is a fine paceman. He has very good durability. I think India needs to use him in such a way that he is as fresh as possible for each Test match.'
He is currently on a two-day swing to the crucial State of Iowa. On January 15, Iowa would kick off the 2024 Republican presidential primary season.
The Australia coach launched a thinly-veiled swipe at detractors who claim his players' behaviour becomes ugly when they are put under pressure.
'I was very, very strong mentally and toughness that I had, and I was able to compartmentalise and no matter what was going on in my life was able to focus on my cricket.'
While Canada celebrated, Mexico and the United States will have to wait to learn their fate
Local man tried to save Symonds after crash
anada's hopes of getting back into the contest were dashed when a curling cross from Perisic on the left was controlled by Kramaric, who shifted the ball onto his left foot and dispatched it low into the bottom corner in the 70th minute.
Japan's quest to reach a third consecutive women's World Cup final began with a frustrating goalless draw against unheralded Argentina in Paris on Monday.
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