{"id":280189,"date":"2023-01-23T06:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T06:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/23\/nathan-lyon-ashton-agar-australias-best-spin-formula-to-win-in-india-darren-lehmann-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T06:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T06:18:15","slug":"nathan-lyon-ashton-agar-australias-best-spin-formula-to-win-in-india-darren-lehmann-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/23\/nathan-lyon-ashton-agar-australias-best-spin-formula-to-win-in-india-darren-lehmann-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Lyon-Ashton Agar Australia&#8217;s best spin formula to win in India: Darren Lehmann | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-97243569,imgsize-46548.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>SYDNEY: Left-arm spinner <!-- -->Ashton Agar<!-- --> could be Australia&#8217;s X-factor and should be considered as their &#8220;second spinner&#8221; in pursuit of the team&#8217;s first Test win in India since 2017, feels former coach <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/darren-lehmann\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_darren-lehmann\" frmappuse=\"1\">Darren Lehmann<\/a>.<br \/>Agar, who has only five Tests under his belt, returned wicket-less during Australia&#8217;s last Test against South Africa in Sydney but, on Indian conditions, the finger spinner could be successful, the former coach thinks.<br \/>&#8220;Having been there, I&#8217;m probably more inclined to play finger spinners,&#8221; Lehmann, who was the coach of their 2017 victory in Pune, said on Australian radio station SENQ.<br \/>At that time, left-arm spinner Stephen O&#8217;Keefe played the match-winning role by bagging 12 wickets.<br \/>Australia begin the marquee four-Test series against India at Nagpur from February 9. It was at the same venue last week the left-arm spinners from both sides wreaked havoc, bagging a total of 23 wickets in a Ranji Trophy match.<br \/>Vidarbha&#8217;s Aditya Sarwate led the show with a match haul of 11\/81 as they defended the lowest Ranji Trophy total of 71 in an 18-run win over Gujarat.<br \/>&#8220;It just gets through the air quicker and some spin and some don&#8217;t. The leg-spinners sometimes spin it too much, if that makes sense&#8230; (for finger spinners) some skid on and you get beaten on the inside and you get an LBW.<br \/>&#8220;That&#8217;s probably why they&#8217;re looking at a finger spinner. We certainly did that four years ago (2017) and Steve O&#8217;Keefe bowled India out basically on his own in one of the last Test matches to win there.<br \/>&#8220;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;d be looking at someone like an Agar, bat a little bit, bowl as that second spinner,&#8221; the 52-year-old added.<br \/>Agar is the only left-arm spin option in Australia&#8217;s touring squad which have leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and uncapped off-spinner Todd Murphy in its ranks.<br \/>He also thinks having the luxury of Swepson in the touring party will be important should conditions favour a leg-spinner being included at any stage.<br \/>&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe there was talk of him (Swepson) not going, talk about balance of the side, if you get to pick 18 players, you want a pretty balanced squad,&#8221; Lehmann added.<br \/>&#8220;Most of the time we only take 15 (players) over there. They&#8217;ve got the extra spinners, there&#8217;s plenty of options, there&#8217;s no tour game, so they&#8217;ll work out the best option to win over there I&#8217;m sure.<br \/>&#8220;It does look like a pretty good squad. If it suits to play the leg-spinner as the second spinner, then good on him.&#8221;<br \/>Lehman&#8217;s former side need a 4-0 whitewash in India to book a place in the World Test Championships final.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-658129294',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-2.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/australia-in-india\/nathan-lyon-ashton-agar-australias-best-spin-formula-to-win-in-india-darren-lehmann\/articleshow\/97243593.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] SYDNEY: Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar could be Australia&#8217;s X-factor and should be considered as their &#8220;second spinner&#8221; 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