It’s not hard to see why Troy Cooley – world cricket’s fast-bowling whisperer – gets on so well with his charges, easy to grasp why England were so keen to lure him back after 20 years away.Ask him anything about his trade and he responds with a laugh and a quip, followed by an answer that is both engaging and engaged. He’s a people person, a believer in the art of his job as well as the science. He got the best out of England’s famous 2005 Ashes pace quartet, and is now trying to contain his excitement about Jofra Archer, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson.And, armed with a dislike of batsmen that is both hammed-up and genuine, he has no doubt which of cricket’s two main skills is the tougher.‘Batters get a stress fracture of the brain when they do too much,’ he tells Daily Mail Sport while on manoeuvres at Grace Road, where he is keeping an eye on the quicks of Leicestershire and Hampshire. ‘Bowlers get a stress fracture of the body.’Cooley is 60, having stayed close to the peak of the game since his three-year stint with Duncan Fletcher’s England side ended in 2006 – between their 2–1 Ashes win of 2005 inspired by Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones, and their harrowing 5–0 Ashes whitewash in 2006-07.By then, the Tasmanian-born Cooley had become bowling coach of his native Australia, and it was tempting to note that he had a curious habit of helping the victors. Now, after long spells in Australia and India, he was re-signed by the ECB in January, and intends to be on the winning side once more when the Ashes battle resumes next summer. England’s fast bowling coach Troy Cooley, 60, is impressed with England’s current attack of Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue Robinson, who averaged 8.76 against Pakistan, can transfer his skills overseas, insists CooleyTo hear him talk about the current fast-bowling foursome, who knocked over Pakistan for five successive scores below 200 before being belted over all Edgbaston by tailender Razaullah, is to believe it’s perfectly possible.Asked whether he thinks Archer, who touched 94mph this summer, can get better, he replies: ‘Of course he can. He’s had a history of trying to get himself on the park, and he’s learned how his body adapts and works. He’s got the mentality that he wants to get better.‘He’s got the skill level to become one of the ultimate legends of the game, one of those great champions everyone talks about.’He believes that Robinson, who averaged 8.76 against Pakistan, can transfer his skills overseas, and raves about his control.‘Out… stand… ding,’ he says, breaking the word into its syllables. ‘He’s tall. He’s got bounce. He moves the ball, so he misses the middle of the bat on most occasions –left and right, up and down.‘One of the key things I say to our bowlers is all we’ve got to do is miss the middle of the bat. Then the batter gets frustrated and he’s going to make a stupid mistake. We lay the beautiful trap.’As much as anything, Cooley is excited by variety. Where Harmison offered bounce, Hoggard swing, Flintoff pace and Jones reverse-swing, the current crop all have their USPs too – not least Tongue, with an action that goes beyond the perpendicular, luring right-handers into playing at deliveries better left alone. Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson bring unique skills to the England attack And Jofra Archer, says Cooley, ‘can become one of the ultimate legends of the game’‘He’s unique, and that’s what we’re after,’ Cooley says of Tongue. ‘But he doesn’t just release the ball from a different position: he bowls at bloody 90mph, and for most batters decision-making starts to get interrupted at about 85.’ Only Atkinson failed to help himself to wickets against Pakistan, and while Cooley insists he adds ‘an integral glue to this group’, citing his ‘great arm speed, ability to move the ball and sharp bouncer’, he also admits: ‘He’s just got to work out which bowler he wants to be.’He adds: ‘I like the fact that he’s dogged. He’s just got to stay fit, which was one of his big issues before: we’d play a couple of games and then he’d be down on pace and his hamstring is hanging off. But he’ll be OK.’So what about that third evening in Birmingham, when England’s quicks were battered into submission by Razaullah’s nine sixes, and Joe Root rushed off the field, presumably for dressing-room advice?‘I just thought that maybe they needed a bit of consolidation around what we’re going to do here,’ Cooley says. ‘Remember, our best ball has got the top order out so far. Let’s just hang in there a bit longer, let’s not try and finish this too early. When you get a bit emotional, the process goes out the window sometimes.‘I think the captain and the rest of the team will learn from that. But there’s nothing like denting a bit of pride to get someone out of their comfort zone.’Cooley points to the strength in depth of English fast bowling, and mentions Sussex seamer Henry Crocombe, as well as three others who have played Test cricket over the last two summers: Sam Cook, Matt Fisher and Sonny Baker, who on Tuesday night spoke about his winter touring ambitions after taking three for 12 in England’s T20 demolition of Sri Lanka in Southampton. Cooley believes that Atkinson ‘has just got to work out which bowler he wants to be’ Cooley helped England win the 2005 Ashes and would like to repeat the trick next year Above all, he wants to create a fast-bowling unit that can perform abroad as well as it can at home – what he calls the ‘holy grail’ of his job. And, as ever, his tendency is to seek the clearest, simplest explanation.‘I mean, it is still about hitting the top of off and taking responsibility that my job is to take a wicket, stop runs and stay fit to perform. And I’m going to be able to do that anywhere I rock up, because I have worked hard enough on the skills.’Cooley laughs, but the message is deadly serious. England have the right man in place for a crack at Australia.