Australia's new boys sneak under the radar
Australia's squad has arrived in India and, as Daniel Brettig from AAP reports, there was not the typical fanfare for a few of Australia's players.
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
Australia's squad has arrived in India and, as Daniel Brettig from AAP reports, there was not the typical fanfare for a few of Australia's players.
The tourists' arrival at their Jaipur hotel was notable for the number of players able to sneak in past the Indian media pack without raising anything so much as a quizzical ‘who are you?’ glance.
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All the options have a story to tell. There is Siddle, the fast medium bustler just back from a shoulder injury he carried bravely through the Sheffield Shield final for nine wickets and his spot in the tour party. Krejza is a combative off spinner who last spring was banned from pre-season training with Tasmanian state teammates for drink-driving. Watson, a blonde Adonis of an all-rounder when fit, is out to shake his history of getting injured at the worst possible times.
But best tale of the lot is probably that of McGain, a bespectacled, 36-year-old single father of two who is near certain to become the nation's oldest Test debutant since another ageing wrist spinner, Bob Holland, surprised the dominant West Indians for NSW and Australia in 1984-85.
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here