Australian head coach Justin Langer has revealed their plans on how to put their rivals England in a selection dilemma in the ongoing Ashes series! According to him, Australia have a world-class spinner in Nathan Lyon while England have two inexperienced spinners in their line-up!
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Home team Australia have already supported his comments by scoring plenty off Jack Leach's overs in their first innings! As many as 95 runs were scored on Day 2 just off the 11 overs bowled by Leach! Though he conceded just 7 runs from his 2 overs on Day 3, Leach still ended with an economy close to 8 runs per overs in the first innings of this Gabba Test.
David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head specially targeted Leach to score as many runs as possible! On the other hand, Leach got the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne on 74 and that wicket triggered the collapse of Australian middle-order before Travis Head scored a brilliant 152 to help Australia post 425 runs in their first innings!
"One of the things where we have a massive competitive advantage is we have a world class spinner. England's Jack Leach and Dom Bess, they're still quite young spinners. We want to put them under pressure. And then get England thinking about what their selection strategy is going to be," said Justin Langer.
"We know how important a spinner is in Australia. England like to have four quicks a lot of the time in England. So hopefully if we maintain that aggression, it'll get England thinking about their selection," added Langer
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