Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Spin discuss gained’t blind Australia to reverse-swing risk, says Alex Carey

While Australia is ready for a trial by spin in India, it absolutely recognises the risk reverse swing could pose within the four-Test collection, touring wicketkeeper Alex Carey stated on Friday.

Spin discuss has dominated the build-up to the collection between the world’s high two Test groups who meet within the opener in Nagpur on Thursday.

Australia batters practised on a scuffed-up pitch in Sydney earlier than flying to India and have since gathered a bevy of native spinners for his or her web classes in Bengaluru. They determined towards enjoying any warm-up matches.

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Carey is ready to play his first Test in India and the 31-year-old stated Australia was not oblivious to different threats lurking in these spin-friendly circumstances. “Going to Pakistan, it was a lot of spin talk, and I found the reversing ball difficult,” Carey advised reporters referring to the sub-continent tour final 12 months.

“When I played a four-day game here in 2018 a lot of talk was about spin and you probably forget a little bit about how damaging both teams’ fast bowlers are with a reversing ball, and on wicket that might be a little bit up and down.”

Carey stated Australia’s batting line-up had sufficient expertise to deal with the challenges it is going to face within the collection for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. “We are having the preparation in the game to ebb and flow between spin and fast bowling, dry periods and periods where we score quickly,” he added.

“I think what’s great about this team is the experience we have. There are players who have been here a number of times and players that are new, to be able to talk to other guys, what they’re doing, trust their game. I think we’ll enjoy this and embrace this challenge. It’s going to be a big, big series.”

Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com

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