ANALYSIS: A case of ifs, buts and maybes as Australia fall just short in India
The big all-rounder showed just how invaluable he is, not just as a viable pace option but as a middle-order batter who can pick up the pieces and dig in for long periods.
Now that he has that Test century-shaped monkey off his back, he should carry a huge amount of confidence into the Ashes.Both provided able assistance to Nathan Lyon, so much so that Raul Dravid said Australia's spin attack was "exceptional" and the best India had faced at home since England's Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann helped England to victory in 2012.
They won't be used in England, of course, but it shows the cupboard is not bare for when Lyon does decide he can't haul his body through any more 65-over efforts.That in itself should make everyone sit up and take note that they are far from the home-track bullies they are sometimes made out to be.
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