Hanscomb, Bancroft, Shawn Marsh, and Glen Maxwell (!) are the names getting thrown around at the moment.Who are our specialist spin batsmen? Any suggestions?
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Maybe they need to properly contract an Australia A squad to do Annual Winter Tours in the subcontinent, ideally playing other A squads and domestic teams.
Something happens between going from tour games/Aus A to tests and the players suddenly struggle.
My impression is that the SRL batsmen are more likely to make a fatal error against the faster bowlers rather than the spinners.
CA have built this monster in Brisbane as well to replicate a nasty subcontinent pitch
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/hybr...-harris-west-indies-ashes-brisbane/2015-05-12
I wonder if spin bowling on subcontinental pitches is one of those things where there is a big diffenece between good and great.
So all of the games against "good" spinners don't really help preperation against "great" spin bowlers, like Herath.
If that's the case then it's a problem, because there aren't that many great bowlers around to practice against.
Interestingly, 4th innings in Australia aren't getting easier. The 2010's averages are really low historically.I think they have a massive impact BH and a lot of good judges predicted as much when they came into play. I can recall pulling some stats on the MCG on before/after drop in pitches and it was fairly clear (from memory) that the new wickets are flatter and therefore have more runs in them. In the old days, the 'G was an absolute minefield and very difficult to bat on late in a test match.
Interestingly, 4th innings in Australia aren't getting easier. The 2010's averages are really low historically.
What that means? I'm not sure, but perhaps it's not as simple to say that pitches aren't deteriorating as quickly as they used too.
My feeling is though that it's not spinners that are getting the wickets, though in the absence of Australia's greatest ever, that may be a bit skewed.