Matthew Hayden feels Australia will struggle against spin on the tour of India

The subcontinent teams have struggled to find their feet on pitches in England, Australia and South Africa and it has been quite a highlighted issue as the incompetence of their batsmen to play against quality pace bowling attack in seaming conditions but at the same time the teams from the above-mentioned nations have also struggled to tackle spin when the tour the sub-continent. Very recently the Australian team arrived in Sri Lanka as the no. 1 Ranked side and by the end of the series didn’t just lose the series 3-0 but also their position at the top. Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden isn’t pleased with the way back to back tours are planned and believes that is the reason for Australia’s poor performance in Sri Lanka.

He also believes that the team isn’t really prepared to battle spin on the subcontinent wickets and the tour to India next year will be a tough one for the Aussies. Steve Smith lost his first Test series as they were whitewashed by the Sri Lankans. The plan from the Lankan team was clear to serve the visitors the dose of spin. It worked out as planned as most of the batsmen were clueless against the quality spin bowling attack.

Hayden was quoted by Triple M’s Grill Team saying, “I feel sorry for the players. They are just constantly going into tournaments now. They have got no time to have set plays within their game,”

“I might not have had the most perfect game against spin. But I had something that worked and I knew it. So when I went there in 2001 I had it sorted,” Hayden said.

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Australia lost the series 2-1 but Hayden stood out with the bat scoring 549 runs with a superb average of 109.8. He agreed that he didn’t have the best of games against spin bowling but had worked out things to get him past the hurdle.