http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 praises Nathan Lyon – Cricket News Update
Australian skipper, Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
Although Cricket Australia are yet to announce the Test squad for their trip to play Proteas, the skipper was pleased the efforts of Lyon, who made a dream debut against Sri Lanka, taking a five-wicket haul in his first outing.
However, the off-spinner faded as the series progressed, adding just 2 more wickets in the remaining Tests to finish the tour with 8 scalps. However, in a short span he showed good ability and eagerness to perform, while was prepared to toss the ball up.
With another important series coming up, Clarke is adamant that the player will deliver the goods again and also stressed the importance of helping the 23-year-old in handling the added workload.
"He's a wonderful talent, as I thought before I went to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, and having seen him bowl, he's got beautiful shape out of his hand, he's got great natural variation, great change of pace," Clarke said.
"He's young and inexperienced, though, and it's going to take some time and we have to look after him now and build him into the series in South Africa. Hopefully he can play a part in the practice game but with a big summer ahead in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 ... it's about
monitoring him.”
With the retirement of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NM-Hauritz-c2122 led the line for a while but a long term injury cut
short his involvement with the team.
Apart from the 2 Test matches against the Proteas, it will be a long summer for the Kangaroos at home, which will see them battle the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the five-day format of the game.
Under Clarke, the squad has started with a bang and with him leading from the front ,it will be not long before the team starts to reign the Test arena again.
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