Ex-Test cricketer swipes Lyon amid 'world of pain'

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The Australians' obsession with sweeping, selecting 3 spinners contempt the unavailability of Cameron Green, and manager Andrew McDonald's defence of the squad's bid mentation person drawn the bulk of disapproval pursuing the Delhi debacle.

Former Australian Test speedy Mike Whitney has taken purpose elsewhere, swiping Nathan Lyon implicit a strategy employed by the seasoned off-spinner successful the 2nd lucifer of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

Lyon responded emphatically to his atrocious outing successful the archetypal Test, capturing 5-67 and 2-49 successful Delhi.

The 35-year-old bowled the bulk of his overs astir the wicket and took six of his 7 scalps astir the wicket.

But Whitney whacked precisely that aft Australia mislaid by six wickets successful little than 8 sessions.

Off-spinners commonly vessel implicit the wicket to right-handers due to the fact that it increases the likelihood of bowled and lbw dismissals, owed to the space astatine which the shot is fired in.

"Look, I'm ne'er going to criticise Nathan Lyon; he's got 450-plus Test wickets," Whitney said connected 2GB's Wide World of Sports radio.

"But helium continually bowled astir the wicket to that leg-side field.

"I privation helium had person bowled implicit the wicket, attacking the pads and bowling into the stumps.

"That's what they do, and they bash it really, truly well.

"Their fields are successful precisely the close places and we're nether unit each the time."

Whitney besides disagreed with Matthew Kuhnemann opening the bowling connected his Test debut.

Pat Cummins and Kuhnemann opened the bowling for India's archetypal innings with the bat, and Lyon and Kuhnemann took the caller shot for India's 2nd dig.

"You spot (Ravichandran) Ashwin instrumentality the caller shot and bowl, and we benignant of go, 'Oh, a spinner with the caller ball?'. Mate, he's done that 500 times successful India, successful home cricket, one-day cricket, Test cricket," Whitney said.

"So, we propulsion the shot to Kuhnemann connected debut and say, 'Away you go, champ!'. It's conscionable a full caller world."

The Indians lone needed to gully the bid to clasp the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having stunned Australia successful Australia implicit the 2020-21 summer.

The hosts volition purpose to instrumentality a 3-0 bid pb successful the 3rd Test astatine Holkar Cricket Stadium successful Indore, opening adjacent Wednesday.

Whitney was blunt arsenic helium stewed connected Australia's circuit of India, saying Cummins and his teammates are successful "a satellite of pain".

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