Australia head coach Justin Langer has taken a dig at England spinner Jack Leach after his struggles in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba.
Australia took the attack to Leach, who was controversially picked ahead of Stuart Broad by England, with David Warner.
He finished with expensive figures of 1-102 from the 13 overs he bowled in Australia's first innings, going at 7.84 an over.
Speaking about Australia's strategy of going hard at Leach, Langer said his side have a "massive competitive advantage" over England by having a "world-class spinner" in the form of Nathan Lyon.
"One of the things where we have a massive competitive advantage is we have a world-class spinner," he said.
"Jack Leach and Dom Bess, they’re still quite young spinners. We want to put them under pressure.
"And then get England thinking about what their selection strategy is going to be. We know how important a spinner is in Australia."
The decision to pick Leach over Broad has been a source of much debate and former Australian captain Allan Border has criticised the selection.
He told Fox Cricket: "Obviously the Australians had talked about the England bowling generally and who to watch and be careful with.
"Obviously they decided Jack Leach on this sort of surface they are going to really attack him. The field was up and they were prepared to go and hit over the top.
"They really were aggressive against Leach. Then it put the pressure back on the England bowling.
"England wanted someone to bowl some overs and tie up an end and attack with their medium-pacers at the other end.
"It was fantastic tactics from the Australians. They really put a lot of pressure on the England spinner.
"You have two crackerjack pace bowlers [Broad and James Anderson] sitting on the sidelines so to me that is a bit of a boo-boo."
