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Not just you, but he will make it at test level.
backed India have we???
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport.../story-e6frepmo-1226571124179?from=public_rssAustralian selectors to send teenage WA spinner Ashton Agar to India
JOHN Inverarity the umpire took only a few seconds to be sold on 19-year-old spinner Ashton Agar.
Inverarity, the Australian selection boss, arrived to watch a Perth Scorchers practice match late last year only to be told he was required in an umpire's hat rather than sitting on the sidelines.
It was his first glimpse of Agar, the left-arm spinner of Sri Lankan heritage who had moved from Melbourne to Perth to try to get a foot in the door in first-class cricket.
Inverarity liked what he saw and the youngster's name went in a page of his little black book, which was opened again recently when Australian selectors picked a squad for the four-Test Indian Test series this month.
Despite the fact he is playing only his second first-class match, taking 2-47 in the first innings against Queensland at the Gabba, selectors are sending Agar to India for his development and to play a warm-up match next week.
It is an extraordinary rise to national prominence for Agar, who also has another enormous fan in his corner in Test great and youth cricket advocate Greg Chappell.
Yet another fan is Agar's West Australian coach Justin Langer, the former Test batsman, who likened the spinner's style to that of Kiwi Daniel Vettori.
"Ashton reminds me very much of a young Vettori, he is very loose in the way he bowls and bats and fields," Langer said.
Ashton Agar during day two of the Sheffield Shield match between the Queensland Bulls and Western Australia Warriors at the Gabba.
Picture: Chris Hyde Source: Getty Images
"He is a very aggressive spin bowler. He spins the ball, he loops it up, he has got a good arm ball and he is looking to take wickets. That's a great combination."
Agar is being fast-tracked through the system with Australia crying out for young spinners.
Like many left-arm orthodox spinners, Agar is not a massive turner of the ball but can give it the occasional big rip to surprise an unsuspecting batsman.
And he is a focused and intelligent youngster - having to postpone a law degree at university to further his cricket.
You do realise there has been about 5-6 quality leggies in the last 80-90 years (warne mcgill qadir benaud o'reilly grimmett). They dont exactly grow on trees, having two good leggies at once was freakish. it's an imcredibly dificult art to master and whilat it'd be nice to have one emerging it's not unexpected that we ate struggling to find one. boyce and zampa bowl leg spin though
