If that's the pitch then Australian attack might not be that severely handicapped by picking two spinners, I seriously hope that if they are picking Maxwell, then they don't pick him instead of a bowler. In Hyderabad the biggest problem with the bowling attack was that we just picked three frontline bowlers and the rest of the bowlers just couldn't maintain the pressure Siddle and Pattinson exerted during the 1st session on day 2 of the test.
Pitch for Tomorrow.
Quite.
Maxwell having a long face is hardly news tbf.
Lyon was dropped because he wasn't bowling well and all that technical bullcrap was said just to make sure that Lyon doesn't end up getting marked as another spin discard by the media and the fans, Lyon should have taken the cue and repeated the same things that Arthur said about him in the media.
Think so since Rahane isn't playing
Yup... he hasn't bowled in recent FC games and that's the choice he made, but fact of the matter is he got into the Australian set-up mainly because of his ability to bowl wrist spin and that isn't an aspect of his game that he should relinquish, he has got ability with the ball and a good leader like Clarke can certainly get the best out of him as a spinner in these conditions.
All I'm saying is that in these conditions chances of him having an impact with his bowling are a lot more than his batting, as a batsman he might score 30-40 runs which would have next to no bearing on the game, whereas as a bowler if he is used well he has the ability to take some wickets that could have an impact on the game.
