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It tells you much about how spin bowlers are selected these days that Englands trio contributed 272 runs between them in the first innings in Chennai.Maybe, if there were a standout specialist spinner vying for selection, things would be different. Or maybe there is one in Jack Leach and England have just come to the conclusion that their spinners, like their wicketkeepers, need to be able to bat. The likes of Peter Such or John Childs might well find it hard to make a living from the game if they were entering it now.But whatever the drawbacks of the situation - and there is no denying that the difference in quality of spin bowling has been a defining feature of this series - the fact is that England were dug out of a hole in Chennai by their spinning allrounders.Liam Dawson might be the apogee of this type of selection. He has never taken 30 first-class wickets in a season, he has only taken three five-wicket hauls in his career, and only one of them has been in the last four seasons. Even he admitted that playing a Test on this tour hadnt crossed his mind a few weeks ago.Yet here, with Englands first innings faltering, he batted with class and composure to ensure his new teammates retained a foothold in a match that seemed to be slipping from them.England were 300 for 6 when he came to the crease. Shortly afterwards they were 321 for 7 and in danger of subsiding to the sort of inadequate total that would leave them on the back foot for the rest of the match. Anything less than 400, maybe even 450, fell into that category.He endured an uncertain start. He was struck on the helmet by his second delivery, a super bouncer from Ishant Sharma that followed him as he attempted to lean out of the way, and took nine balls to get off the mark.But, if the nerves were growing, they didnt show. He left the ball as well as anyone, defended the spinners better than several more experienced colleagues - he seemed to pick Ravi Ashwins carom ball and Amit Mishras googly, for a start - and put away the loose delivery efficiently and with a style more than a little reminiscent of Joe Root. It was unhurried, unflustered and exactly what his team required. With Adil Rashid also playing with impressive discipline, England added 146 runs for their last three wickets. It might prove to be the difference between a draw and a defeat.We probably shouldnt have been surprised. Dawson has spent a fair part of his career playing as a specialist batsman. In 2008, aged just 18, he made his maiden first-class century against a strong Nottinghamshire attack containing Graeme Swann, while in 2011, a season in which he took only three first-class wickets, he opened the batting for Hampshire and scored over 900 first-class runs.For a while it seemed his spin-bowling days were over. His progress had been blocked, in part, by Danny Briggs (a specialist left-arm spinner), who developed through the Hampshire system at much the same time and was first choice for a few seasons, and the signing of Imran Tahir as an overseas player in his early years. With Mason Crane, a highly-rated legspinner, then coming through as well, he was allowed to go out on loan to Essex in the middle of 2015.The spell worked wonders for him. He opened the batting in his second match and scored 99 as well as claiming a few important wickets to both regain his confidence and show to Hampshire that he was in the form to warrant another run in their side. Within a few weeks, he had scored 140 against the county champions, Yorkshire, and taken a five-for against Somerset. Essex were keen to lure him back on a permanent deal but he stuck with Hampshire.Just as importantly, he enjoyed such a good List A season - at one stage he contributed four half-centuries in five innings and claimed 6 for 47 against Sussex - that he squeezed Briggs out of the side and, as a consequence, out of the club. Keen not to see his own England ambitions fade, Briggs (who has represented England eight times in limited-overs cricket) moved to Sussex for the prospect of more regular first-team cricket in all formats. It left Dawson, for the first time in his career, his clubs first-choice spinner.He always wanted to bowl more, Giles White, the Hampshire director of cricket, recalls. And he has had to wait a while to become our first choice.We do tend to use him in a defensive role, but he gets good revs on the ball - in the tests they do at Loughborough he is right up there with the biggest spinners - and nice dip. If youre looking for an allround package, he is an excellent choice.Fortune was to smile on him again a few months later. With Zafar Ansari (whom he also replaced on this tour) sustaining an injury, Dawson was, somewhat surprisingly, called-up to replace him in the Performance Squad at the end of 2015 and, in the nets, impressed the England team management (as much with his power hitting as his bowling) to such an extent that he was included in the World T20 squad in India.It was an intriguing selection. He had slipped down the pecking order to such an extent at Hampshire the previous summer that he batted only once in their T20 campaign (he scored 3) and did not take a wicket. But while he did not play in India, he again impressed with his attitude and his package of skills.It is, on the face of it, an extraordinary thing that a man can win Test selection for England based - in part, at least - on his net bowling with a white ball. But we know we are not in a rich age of English spinners and we know that, perhaps Leach apart, there are few specialists who could claim they would have changed the complexion of this series. We know there are no Graeme Swann or Monty Panesar figures available these days. The selection of Dawson - and Moeen, about whom many of the same things could be said but who really is the best off-spinner in England - is not without some logic.Why? Well, the team management concluded Dawson was not likely to suffer stage-fright of the type that afflicted Simon Kerrigan. They concluded that, even if he wasnt able to rip through a line-up - and, to be fair, he beat the bat in his only over of day two - he could help build pressure which could, perhaps, lead to wickets for other bowlers. They concluded that, if a half-chance comes his way, he is more likely than others of accepting it and, they concluded that, if he came into bat with the game in the balance, he could tilt it Englands way. He went some way to proving them right on Saturday.It is not Dawsons fault that the system has failed to the extent where England hardly produces spin bowlers. It is not Dawsons fault that he may be a better batsman than bowler and that he will, on day three (and probably day four) find himself bowling in different conditions and against a different quality of player than that to which he is accustomed. He acquitted himself well on day two and you can be sure he will not let England down on day three. No-one could reasonably ask for more. Nike Shoes Black Friday Sale . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Cheap Air Max Black Friday 2019 . 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Alex Lozowski guided a depleted Saracens side to a superb 13-28 triumph over Sale Sharks to move back to the top of the Aviva Premiership table.Lozowski kicked 13 points and tries from Marcelo Bosch, Matt Gallagher and Ben Spencer paved the way for victory at the AJ Bell Stadium.Josh Beaumont crossed for Sales only try, which had sent them ahead in the first half, but they could only muster another eight points from fly-half AJ MacGinitys boot.The last time Saracens visited Manchester they ended up 17-0 behind after just 16 minutes, but this time the champions came out on the front foot.Mark McCalls men were also helped by Sales indiscipline and an infringement allowed Lozowski to kick over an early penalty.Since joining from Wasps in the summer, the fly-half has been hugely impressive and the England squad member showed another element to his repertoire, superbly chipping in behind the defence and recollecting.With the hosts rearguard in disarray Saracens should have scored, but the ball was knocked on and the Sharks managed to survive.That profligacy was the confidence boost Steve Diamonds side needed and 10 minutes later they made their first significant incursion into opposition territory.MacGinty made the break, handing off Lozowski and sprinting 30 metres, and although he was halted into touch by Paolo Odogwu, the pressure continued to mount and Sale eventually touched down via Beaumonts close-range effort.Saracens responded and put together an excellent attack of their own which eventually resulted in Bosch going over. It started on halfway as the Londoners showed outstanding patience to keep hold of possession and go through the phases.dddddddddddd The ubiquitous Schalk Burger was heavily involved throughout, carrying and off-loading several times during the move, before Schalk Brits supplied the scoring pass to the Argentine centre.The visiting pivot converted and also added a penalty on the stroke of half-time as Saracens went into the break 13-7 ahead.That buffer soon increased in the second period as the Sharks effectively gifted the visitors a try. A botched lineout landed in the grateful arms of Brits and the hooker scampered clear. It still had to be finished but, with most of the hosts backline committed up field, simple hands by Lozowski and Brad Barritt sent Gallagher across the whitewash.The respective kickers then traded three-pointers before Halani Aulika was yellow carded for Sale after stupidly aiming a punch at Jim Hamilton.To their credit, the Manchester outfit handled the sin-bin period well and even reduced the arrears via the boot of MacGinty.They were handed a further boost when Michael Rhodes was sin-binned for a high tackle, but they could not take advantage and Saracens completed the win with seven minutes remaining.Once again, Lozowski was the catalyst after he brilliantly weaved his way past several defenders and off-loaded to Spencer. The scrum-half had plenty to do but he finished with aplomb, displaying searing pace to score. ' ' '