Matt Kuhnemann's impressive performance in the Test series against India has earned praise from Nathan Lyon and cemented his status as Australia's most successful left-arm spinner in South Asia. Kuhnemann's consistent threat against seasoned batsmen has put him in rare territory, surpassing historic performances by Australian spinners like Allan Border, Michael Clarke, and Steve O'Keefe in the region.
As he took in the achievement of plucking 550 Test wickets and forecast many more, Nathan Lyon raved about left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann as “our best bowler”, .Nicknamed “Jaddu” after Ravindra Jadeja, Kuhnemann took wickets in his first and last overs of day three. In between times he provided a constant threat to players well-versed in how to handle slow bowling, and put himself in extremely rare territory for Australian left-arm spin.
Until this series, arguably the most celebrated performance by an Australian exponent of the art was actually Allan Border’s 11 wickets against the West Indies at the SCG in 1989, a rogue match for a part-timer. More recently, Michael Clarke’s 6-9 in Mumbai in 2004 and Steve O’Keefe’s 12 wickets in Pune in 2017 stand out.But none have put together a series more consistently dangerous in South Asia than this one from Kuhnemann.
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