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Beau Casson
"We have taken the opportunity to take a young spinner and by far the best performed of these during the Australian summer has been Beau Casson,"
"I don't think there was an X factor,""Finger spinners have had some success over there and that's what they've decided to do."
Brad Hogg
"Brad deserves the opportunity to once again represent Australia in Test cricket,""Test cricket is generally better with a make-up of a quality spinner, particularly going into a third, fourth or fifth day," Brad Hogg will do an excellent job if he is chosen."
Cameron White
"We feel that Cameron's right-arm legspin and experience in Indian conditions, where he has just returned after captaining the Australia A one-day team to a tournament victory, is the correct option and will provide a good balance to our slow bowling attack"Cameron's bowling has continued to improve over the past year at inter-state level and his powerful batting adds extra depth and versatility to the squad."Cameron has performed well in Australian colours since his return to the one-day international squad earlier this year and he has now been rewarded with inclusion in the Test squad.
Jason Krezja
"He has been excellent. He is a good part of the group and has worked hard to learn about the Indian conditions. He will be obviously the front runner for the Test series. It's a brilliant position for him to be.
Unfortunately Jason did not bowl as well as we, or I am sure he, would have liked during this tour and therefore he has not been rewarded with selection."
Bryce McGain
"[Bryce] is the premier legspin bowler in Australia, there's absolutely no question about that. He's 36 years of age and the reality is he's still fairly young in cricketing terms and we think he'll do a really good job."
Nathan Hauritz
"We'll keep our fingers crossed and hope he comes up, but at the moment we think that it's likely that Hauritz will play ahead of him
"Nathan Hauritz is one of these players omitted and he can consider himself unlucky as his Australian record has been very good over the past 12 months,"
Xavier Doherty
"However the panel believes the left-arm orthodox variety Xavier Doherty provides against a predominantly right-handed English middle order is the better option in this game."
Steven Smith
"The big thing with him is his willingness to continually throw the ball up there and get them to drive. If he gets smacked back over his head for six, he's not frightened to try and land it in the rough again. That's a skill or a confidence that doesn't come along easily whether you're 30 or 20.
"We really think the best thing for him, and Australian cricket, is that he [first] cements his position in the short forms of the game and plays some more Shield cricket, and gets better at both those skills. I think it's important that people realise that we're hardly moving away from him."
Michael Beer
"Michael is a left-arm orthodox spinner who has been very impressive at domestic level this year. He took wickets against England in the tour match earlier this summer and we expect he will bowl very well against the English on his home ground."
Nathan Lyon
"But from our perspective we're very confident that he's ready. He's a very talented spin-bowler, he's had a meteoric rise. It was one of the great parts of my job to call him this morning and tell him he's got the opportunity to play for Australia.
"I've done most of my time voluntarily and I enjoyed that process. It's wonderful to be able to do those sort of things. If it continues that's great, because I'm very fortunate - Andrew Hilditch
