Throwing his weight behind Brad Hogg, spin legend Shane Warne said
the chinaman bowler has done well against India in the one dayers and there
is no reason why he can't do it against them in the forthcoming Test series as
well.
Warne admitted supple wrists and nimble footwork of the Indian batsmen make
them the best player of spin bowling but still believes Hogg would make his
mark in the Test series.
"India plays the spinners extremely well, but Australian
pitches are different. There is a lot of extra bounce and he (Hogg) can still
have an impact. It's not low, slow, big-turning wickets. It's fast, bounce and
not much turn," Warne was quoted as saying by the 'Herald Sun'.
Harbhajan Singh has already dared Australia to
field Hogg, warning the spinner might cop quite a battering against his batting
colleagues.
Rival captain Ricky Ponting picked up the gauntlet and
invited India to have a go at the spinner.
Warne, meanwhile, conceded that against India, he did not do
as well as he has done against other countries but insisted it was not too bad
either.
"I think Hoggy will do well. They played me pretty well
on the whole but I still had success against them." Warne's optimism stems
from the fact that Hogg did reasonably well in the ODI series against
India and his advice was to stick to the same gameplan.
"You know they are going to play spin well and you are
going to be under the pump a little bit. But the way he (Hogg) has played in
one-day cricket is how he should bowl in Test cricket.
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