Stuart MacGill to spearhead spin renaissance MENTOR: Stuart MacGill. FORMER Test leg-spinner Stuart MacGill will help mentor Australia's next generation of slow bowlers. MacGill has agreed to join the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane part-time. He will make a handful of visits to Brisbane, and also travel with Australia's emerging slow men to Sri Lanka where they will receive further tuition on how to handle subcontinental conditions. MacGill, who took 208 wickets in 47 Tests for Australia, has been keen for some time to be involved with Australia's young spinners. Since Shane Warne's mentor Terry Jenner died two years ago, there has been a gap in the system, with the profile of the enchanting art dwindling and expert tuition for first-class players limited. The dearth of coaching options is such that Australia's head slow bowling coach, Steve Rixon, was a wicketkeeper in his playing days. Warne offers occasional guidance when asked on an individual basis, but he has recently been at loggerheads with Cricket Australia after branding cricket boss Pat Howard a "muppet" and criticising the current administration. The shining light of Australia's desperately shallow leg-spin stocks could be Pakistani refugee Fawad Ahmed, who last week made a rousing seven-wicket Sheffield Shield debut for Victoria against Queensland. It was the best Shield debut by a spinner for 41 years, and Queensland batsmen who faced him, such as skipper James Hopes, have no doubt of his potential. "He's the best wrist spinner in the competition," he said.