Todd Murphy

And Spinners play a key role.

And that last time around in 2023, we saw Todd Murphy make his debut there.

had it bowled excellently over there um rocket trolley is probably more of a like-for-like replacement four line and can bowl alongside him how do you see that spin battle i guess coming into the next few months um is there a particular type like rocket trolley you'd like to see blooded over in india or do you think the likes of todd and matt cooneman's obviously the second spinner in south africa how do you see that spin battle mitch webson's another one who um i guess could be in the frame he's a seasoned leg spinner but um stats probably suggest leg spinners don't bowl as much over in india um certainly from australian india perspective Kordi Yadda is probably the only exception there.

But yeah, just your initial thoughts on who you want to see budded and looking forward to heading into India next year.

Yeah, well, depending on what Nathan Lyon's doing, if he's on the tour, if he's not, if he's stopped playing, we're unsure what's happening there.

Like I said, I'd love to see Corey Roccaccio get an opportunity.

I think Todd Murphy will be on the tour.

Done well, played for Australia.

I, I think his style would be, um, uh, would be very, uh, conducive to playing well in Australian conditions.

I feel like it's, it's him and Todd Murphy that are sort of fighting out for that spot, if and when Nathan Lyon decides to hang up the, hang up the boots.

Uh, I, I feel personally that, um, Rochetle's style in Australian conditions is, is more suitable because he, he gets a lot of overspin on the ball and, and gets that extra bounce, whereas Todd Murphy's more sort of a bit quicker through the air and, and he sort of more comes, comes on the side of the ball, so he's more suited to playing in the subcontinent.

I know he's working on that as well, so it's good to know that we've got two, you know, pretty good off-spinners that can come in and, um, and, and I think probably, you know, perform pretty well, um, right from the word go.

Last one before we let you go, uh, from me anyway.

I think it's gonna be a bit of a grind.

Victoria's key today will be Doug Warren, the left arm spinner who will get a-- He's getting a chance 'cause Todd Murphy's in India.

I think he's going to have to have, uh, a big game for Victoria to get themselves back into the contest.

They're certainly starting day two, Josh, uh, a fair bit behind in my view.