Former England spinner Monty Panesar to advise Australia ahead of India tour
Tuesday 17 January 2017 06:57, UK
Former England spinner Monty Panesar is to advise Australia ahead of their upcoming tour of India.
The 34-year-old, who is without a county for 2017 after his Northamptonshire deal expired, will work with Australia's batsmen and spinners.
Panesar’s remit will be to prepare them for conditions on the sub-continent, with Australia not having won a Test in India in 11 games dating back to 2004.
With almost eight years of Test experience to call upon, Panesar took 167 wickets in 50 Tests for England, the last of which came in Melbourne during the 2013/14 Ashes whitewash.
The left-arm spinner is currently playing grade cricket in Australia with Campbelltown, where he has been since last August.
Australia spinner Steven O'Keefe believes Panesar, who took 17 wickets at 26.82 when England won in India in 2012, has plenty to offer.
He said: "I won't be getting too much batting advice off Monty but certainly I'll be asking for bowling advice.
"He played in a successful campaign when England won (in India) a couple of series ago and I'll definitely be picking his brains.
"It's a good opportunity to head up to Brisbane. They've got some spinning wickets and Monty's got an outstanding Test record and a really good one in India."
