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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, Dec 31 (IANS) Australia coach Darren Lehmann has said spinner Ashton Agar&#39;s inclusion in the 13-man squad for the fourth Test against India at Sydney doesn&#39;t guarantee his place in the final 11, and stressed the nature of the pitch would determine which way the attack would be balanced.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ms-dhoni-bids-adieu-to-test-cricket--5709\">Cricketers react to MS Dhoni&#39;s retirement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The left-arm tweaker was called in the squad for the final Test of the four-match series at Sydney, starting Jan 6.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;(Agar is a) left-arm spinner who will take it away from the right-handers. It depends what (pitch) we&#39;ll get in Sydney. We haven&#39;t been there so we&#39;ll have to wait and see. But traditionally it spins, last year it seamed so it just gives us some cover really,&quot; he said Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Basically if it spins and we want two options for the captain, then we&#39;ll have to work out what we do with the bowling attack from there. We&#39;ve got to get 20 wickets, that&#39;s the key to winning games.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Australia&#39;s belated declaration in their second innings came in for criticism but Lehmann confirmed the tactic nullified India&#39;s chances of victory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;One thing we do know is they&#39;re a very good side and they were certainly going to go out there and chase that, and Steven was very confident they would go for it, and I agreed with him,&rdquo; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;They obviously changed the batting order to do that. They&#39;ve played aggressive cricket, we&#39;ve driven the game.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Lehmann also pointed out India&#39;s inability to take 20 wickets in the series so far and hoped the trend would continue in the series-ending Sydney Test.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I don&#39;t think they&#39;ve taken 20 wickets in a Test match yet in the series, hopefully that stays the same from our point of view. At the end of the day we needed probably 20-30 (more) overs,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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