Australia captain Michael Clarke congratulates Ashton Agar after he receives his first Baggy Green. Source: Gareth Copley / Getty Images
ASHES bolter Ashton Agar is debuting against England with the weight of history at Trent Bridge and new coach Darren Lehmann behind him.
Agar, the 19-year-old left-arm spinner is rated ''the total package'' by Western Australian and Test great Mike Hussey. The Australian hierarchy agreed with pace king Glenn McGrath presenting the baggy green that confirmed Agar as Australia's 12th-youngest debutant.
Premier England off-spinners from Jim Laker to Graeme Swann have been blunted in Nottingham, yielding a combined 17 wickets in six Tests. It is the ball turning away from the bat that does the damage at Trent Bridge.
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The leg-spin of Shane Warne, Clarrie Grimmett and Bill 'Tiger' O'Reilly collected 61 wickets in eight Nottingham Tests. It is a roll call of success at Trent Bridge that suggests new Australian citizen, legspinner Fawad Ahmed would also have enjoyed a debut.
Super intelligent law student Agar has 31 first-class wickets at 29.38 in 10 first-class games for Western Australia. And the former Victorian rookie has a bucketload of X-factor that has been noticed in the Australia camp since being a project player on the February Test tour of India.
Agar had been been tracking along well under Lehmann's watch with Australia A in warm up games before he replaced axed predecessor Arthur.
Accuracy and loop delivered from a 187cm height, brilliant fielding and capable batting have already raised comparisons with his key influence, former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori.
''His leftarm orthodox is his No.1 craft but he gives a lot with the bat and is a brilliant fieldsman, a great package,'' Hussey told your paper.
''He is a very good attacking bowler but can tie up an end for the fast bowlers.
''He is a great kid, loves the game, working hard and a great temperament to hold him in good stead.''
The top 10 wicket-takers at Trent Bridge are predominantly men who move the ball including Alec Bedser, accurate Brian Statham, James Anderson, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee. Ashes specialist Terry Alderman helped himself to 16 wickets in two Tests in Nottingham.
Swann has just three Test scalps at 65 on his home Nottingham patch. Even Laker, the brilliant off-spinner in a glorious 1950s period for England toiled for 14 wickets at 30 in the backyard of Robin Hood.
It is a tough call on offspinner Nathan Lyon, the team songmaster who claimed nine wickets in the final Test against India. Lyon, had worshipped axed coach Arthur as a father figure, but has been leapfrogged by Agar.
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