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Message: [QUOTE="The True King, post: 3208483, member: 9651"] And yet not spinning the ball was always the big criticism of SOK. Begs the question as to why we bother with off spin anyway. Our best spinners historically have all been leggies. This is not aimed at Lyon but I just can't get my head around why you'd bother picking a specialist "spin" bowler if they actually spin it less than a part timer. Kerry O'Keefe was ripping on off-spin earlier in the commentary and alluded to the fact that Lyon is a one trick pony. Aside from variation in flight he really has nothing else to deceive the batsman. It's on pitches like these (SCG is traditionally spin friendly) that we actually need a slower bowler with a few different tricks - look how it served Jadeja in the first innings. [/QUOTE]

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