Arthur wishes for twin-spin attack in Hyderabad Test

It’s all about the ideal world. Australia coach Micky Arthur, after admitting it was a mistake to play just one spinner in the first Test at Chennai, has now said that he would like a two-spinner attack for the Hyderabad Test. A report in the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him as saying: “Ideally you want both, and I did a lot of looking at the England series and they used (Monty) Panesar a lot. It would be nice to have the pigeon pair.” [caption id=“attachment_643437” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Wishing for a twin-spin attack. Getty Images[/caption] But including the ‘pigeon-pair’, i.e. Xavier Doherty and Nathan Lyon could unsettle the balance in the team — and most importantly weaken the batting. The obvious solution would be to depend on all-rounder Moises Henriques’ medium pace and drop a specialist fast bowler for Doherty. You don’t have to look too far to see what good spinners can do in Indian conditions. Panesar and Graeme Swann took a total of 37 wickets when England demolished India in their 2-1 series win. Chennai’s crumbling pitch helped R Ashwin, R Jadeja and Harbhajan Singh bowl out the Aussies for scores of 380 and 241 as India won the game by eight wickets. Click here to read the full Sydney Morning Herald report.