Perth, Jan 10(ANI): Australian left-arm bowler Mitchell Starc is likely to be excluded for the Perth Test with skipper Michael Clarke and coach Mickey Arthur having indicated that they would like to include a spinner in the squad to keep a balance in the attack.
"If that's the case there's an option there (to play four fast bowlers) but I always love having a spinner in our team and I continue to say I think Nathan Lyon is doing a terrific job for this team," Clarke had said.
Arthur later echoed Clarke's view.I don't like going into a Test match without a spinner because I think a spinner changes tempo, it just gives you variation," Arthur said.
Starc was adjudged man of the match during the clash between the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunders in the January 8 game of the Big Bash League.
Sydney Sixers Chief Executive Stuart Clark also said it would be a mistake to include Starc for the third Test against India, The Telegraph reports
"I always felt that with four quicks there was an extra bowler for no apparent reason. I don't think the attack is balanced without a spinner or another option," Clark said.
"And with the breeze over there (in Perth), if you can find an off-spinner who can curve the ball, which Lyon can do really well, that would always be my go," he added. (ANI)
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