Former Aussie off spinner backs Nathan Lyon – Cricket News Update
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While the Men In Blue have never won an away series Down Under, their chances have risen following the bumpy form of their counterparts. Blessed with talented players, it remains their best prospect of toppling their opponents in a four- Test match series
starting on the Boxing Day at Melbourne.
With batting maestro, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 among the few in a power packed Indian line-up, the whole debate has risen over the calibre of Aussie attack and especially Nathan Lyon, the off-spinner, who has made great strides since making his debut a couple of
months back.
The Little Master is set to reach his elusive milestone (hundredth ton)in the upcoming series, which makes it a lot more daunting for bowlers to ensure that they keep the veteran frustrated. Mallett is confident that Lyon could be the man for his country
as he could be deployed as a strike bowler against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 and Co.
"It's a huge Test for Nathan Lyon, obviously, but I just think a good offie worries Tendulkar more than a good leggie," Mallett said."He seems to play the ball leaving him a little better than the ball nipping back at him."
It has been a meteoric rise for the 24-year-old spinner after being awarded with an unlikely call up to the Test side in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. He has produced the goods for the national team by taking a total of 22 wickets in 7 Internationals at an impressive average
of 24.59.
With the visitor’s good players of spin bowling, Lyon might be encouraged to hear positive words from ex great like Mallett, who also expressed that the spinner must favour his attacking instinct.
"As long as they don't spread the field, if he bowls an attacking line of good, attacking fields, he'll be a real key figure in the series," he said. "I like the way he bowls an attacking line to the right-handers -- he gets outside off stump, but he gets
the ball up and down, so he's getting the ball to dip."
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