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No , thats about Par. And you neglect his economy rate , which is way too high for a spinner @ 3.12
and an off spinner should be keeping it much tighter than that.
I'm not a Lyon hater by any means , I think he's been our best since warne.
But I think Agar can match those stats.
Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar, fasting through Ramadan, missed Broad's thick edge off debutant Ashton Agar when on 37 to Michael Clarke at first slip in England's second innings at Trent Bridge.
About par for who? International cricket or Australian cricket? We are afterall talking about Australian spin options, and hes the best we've, with a good enough record so far to retain his spot.
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England's only decision is whether Finn keeps his place. His record at Lord's is excellent, and England like different style bowlers and Finn is the only tall quick in their squad. But Alastair Cook has said England are not afraid to change a winning side and Tim Bresnan or Graham Onions could replace Finn.
England (probable) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Joe Root, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ian Bell, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Steven Finn, 11 James Anderson.
Australia have two main questions to ask. Do they retain Ed Cowan who looked out of it at Trent Bridge? Usman Khawaja is the spare top-order batsman. And do they tinker with the bowling attack? Jackson Bird and Ryan Harris are potential replacements, probably for Mitchell Starc, who lost his way from day three onwards. James Faulkner could also be utilised as an allrounder.
Australia (possible) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Chris Rogers, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 Steve Smith, 6 Phillip Hughes, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Ashton Agar, 9 Peter Siddle, 10 James Pattinson, 11 Jackson Bird
So , what if Agar is the best spin option and also very handy with the bat?
Yes, yes and yes.....totally agree!Playing 5 bowlers would be idiotic.
Watson bowled bloody well in Nottingham giving us 4 quicks. Smith can roll his arm over if we desperately need a spinner.
40% our runs came from our 10th wicket in Nottingham. The last thing we should do is drop a batsman.