TAKE HEED OF THE SPIN DOCTOR

YOU heard it here first: beware batting last in Brisbane. The information from my man out there — a spinner who has reinvented himself somewhat, by dispensing with his earrings amongst other things — is that it will be very tricky to negotiate the deeper the match goes. So both off-spinners, England’s Moeen Ali (left) and Nathan Lyon of Australia, still have a major part to play.