India’s veteran new-ball bowlers Javagal Srinath and VenkateshPrasad returned to what could be called their finishing schoolon Friday

Staff Reporter15-Sep-2001India’s veteran new-ball bowlers Javagal Srinath and VenkateshPrasad returned to what could be called their finishing schoolon Friday.It was at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai that Australianpace bowling legend Dennis Lillee fine-tuned the bowling ofthe Karnataka duo who have rendered yeoman service to Indiancricket. Indian coach John Wright’s suggestion at theselection committee meeting meant that the twosome, alongwithnew boys Reetinder Singh Sodhi and Harvinder Singh, were againlearning at the feet of their old master.Lillee watched Srinath and Prasad in action before dispensinghis tips. “Sometimes when you play international cricketwithout a break, you can develop the odd bad habit. It couldbe due to the different types of wickets, different kind ofballs, or even loss of form. Often small things that can beset right,” he told .The Australian pace legend, who at one time held the worldrecord for most number of Test wickets, was reported to be”very impressed” with Harvinder’s progress. The Punjabipaceman is rumoured to be among the five stand-bys for theSouth Africa tour.”He looks compact. Technically he is better now than what I’veseen of him before. Good action, sharp pace. He was knockingthe batsmen over with good outswingers. But you got totranslate your bowling at the nets into a match situation,”Lillee told the paper.The ‘Pace Guru’ felt that Sodhi though needed to “work hard”.Meanwhile, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra were both expected toland in Chennai on Saturday. It will then be the first timethat India’s whole pace battery will be in action right underLillee’s eyes. As Cricinfo originally argued, Indiancricket can only be richer from the experience.