Now that Beau Casson has played in a Test match for Australia, he is no longer a young up-and-comer, he’s up there to be shot at. So, how did he do?
The general feeling is, I think, that he did reasonably well. Ponting was certainly confident enough in Beau’s ability for him to be the most used bowler on Day 4. Jrod over at CricketwithBalls (who knows far more about spinners than me) is still unconvinced that Casson is a Test-quality spinner (calling it a ‘beige‘ debut), and to be honest his figures weren’t exactly revelatory, but I can certainly see a bright future for the young chap.
It wasn’t a terrible effort certainly, but as a long-time West Indies fan I always worry about cricketers with mediocre records being chosen for international duty(we see far more of it than anyone else!). And a bowling avg over 40 is certainly that. his ‘breakthrough’ season this yr consisted of 29 wickets at 35…99 times out of 100 these punts don’t come off, but he deserves another go now he’s been picked.
Beau Casson after 1 Test
32 overs, 4 maidens, 3/129
Shane Warne after 1 Test
45 overs, 7 maidens, 1/150
[...] in 17 overs, staking his claim for the role of Australian Test spinner as fellow contender Beau Casson found himself quite literally hamstrung after a single [...]