Lyon will enjoy bowling with amount of bounce here: Finch

TIL Desk Sports/ Australian opener Aaron Finch believes the second Test against India is going to be a “real grind” and off-spinner Nathan Lyon will play an important role considering the amount of bounce on offer at the Perth wicket here. Finch and Marcus Harris put on 112 runs for the opening partnership after which Australia finished the day at 277-6.

“It’s going to be one of those games that’ll be a real grind for both sides. The position we’re in we would have taken at the start of the day, no doubt,especially winning the toss and batting,” Finch told. “I think Nathan Lyon will enjoy bowling with the amount of bounce on this track, no doubt he will be excited to bowl here,” added the opener, who scored 50 in Australia’s first innings on Friday.

Finch said batsmen can become indecisive sometimes while playing on this wicket. “When the ball starts seaming off good parts of the wicket and quite dramatically at times, I think that’s when you know you need to tighten up,” he said. “But you have to also be in a position to cash in on some balls that you can hit,otherwise you get stuck in two minds and end up letting the wicket get you out.