Steve Waugh: There is no reason why finger-spinners cannot do well in Australia

Oct 18, 2014

Australia‘s former captain, Steve Waugh at the ‘Salaam Cricket’ summit organised by news channel, ‘Aaj Tak’ said that he sees no reason that why spinners specialist in finger-bowling would be unable to perform on Australian tracks. He believes it’s all about the players mentality.

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“Once again, it was more a mental thing. Hayden, for example, swept everything in 2001 and scored over 500 runs. Similarly, it is more of a thing of belief. There is no reason why finger- spinners cannot do well in Australia if they stick to a plan. The pitch is still 22 yards long! Also, you will often see that the side that fields better wins,” he said.

On the other hand, on being asked about India‘s good performance in the ICC tournaments off late and whether it should help India, he said, “It ideally should. India will have some momentum going their way. I will back Australia, but I think it will be a very open tournament.”

The conclave – named ‘Kaise Jeetenge World Cup’ – is attended by the likes of , Kapil Dev, Allan Border, Imran Khan, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Arjuna Ranatunga, who are among the captains who led their teams to World Cup wins. Among the other skippers will be Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly, Ajay Jadeja, Mohammad Azharuddin, Bishan Singh Bedi, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Aamer Sohail. Indian cricketers, who were also a part of their last World Cup winning campaign back in 2011, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, and Ashish Nehra will also be a part of the function.