It's amazing to think guys like Washington Sundar might never play another Test. Hasn't played a first class game in three years, gets pitched into the arena, does an incredible job. Reminds me of 20 years ago when our Shield comp was so strong that players came out of that fully ready to be Test cricketers. Incredible resilience.
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Shane Warne lost his mind in commentary on the final day, unable to believe Lyon was bowling without a bat-pad on the off-side. He also accused Lyon of bowling far too straight and attacking middle-and-leg stump, when he should have been throwing the ball wide outside off stump to challenge the outside edge of the bat too, not just the inside edge.
“When you’re bowling at leg stump, you’re only challenging one edge. You need to challenge both edges of the bat,” Warne told Fox Cricket.
“When he bowls out there (outside off stump) he looks so dangerous. Why aren’t you bowling there all the time, Nathan?
“That’s why he’s been successful for 100 Test matches. Nathan Lyon is very close to taking 400 wickets. Why is he changing his tactics today?
“I’m staggered that Nathan Lyon is bowling at leg stump, around the wicket outside leg stump, and not bowling to his strength.”
The Spin King’s prophecy turned out to be true, as Lyon finally nabbed Gill when the young gun pushed at a wide delivery that caught the edge and found Steve Smith at slip.
“When you’re bowling at leg stump, you’re only challenging one edge. You need to challenge both edges of the bat,” Warne told Fox Cricket.
“When he bowls out there (outside off stump) he looks so dangerous. Why aren’t you bowling there all the time, Nathan?
“That’s why he’s been successful for 100 Test matches. Nathan Lyon is very close to taking 400 wickets. Why is he changing his tactics today?
“I’m staggered that Nathan Lyon is bowling at leg stump, around the wicket outside leg stump, and not bowling to his strength.”
The Spin King’s prophecy turned out to be true, as Lyon finally nabbed Gill when the young gun pushed at a wide delivery that caught the edge and found Steve Smith at slip.
