Shane Warne shares his tips and tricks on bowling in Indian conditions with Aussie spinner Nathan Lyon Shane Warne meets with Michael Clarke and Australian spinners Xavier Doherty and Nathan Lyon, among others, following the first Test loss to India in Chennai. NATHAN Lyon has sought the counsel of Australian leg-spin legend Shane Warne in a bid to conquer India's all-star batting line-up in the second Test starting tomorrow. In the aftermath of the tourists' eight-wicket defeat the first Test, Warne, currently in India as a commentator, made his way onto the field for an impromptu meeting of minds with key Australian figureheads, including coach Mickey Arthur and skipper Michael Clarke. But it is Lyon who stands to prosper most from a candid chat with Warne, Australia's greatest wicket-taker with 708 victims from 145 Tests. The South Australian off-spinner has attracted criticism for his first-Test performance, but his match haul of 4-244 included the scalps of big-name trio Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Virender Sehwag. The highlight came when he produced a sharp-turning gem to remove Tendulkar (81), making Lyon the only spinner in Australian Test history to clean bowl The Little Master. For that reason alone, Lyon is expected to stave off left-arm finger-spinner Xavier Doherty should Australia opt to play one spinner as expected at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Warne spent time discussing tactics and his understanding of Indian conditions with Lyon. Clarke sat in on the chat and believes the input of Warne, however informal, can help Lyon in his daunting assignment of taming India's batsmen on their home turf. "Lyon had a really good chat to Warney and we spent a bit of time, the three of us together," Clarke said. I think we've all learnt a lot out of that Test match (in Chennai). Warney was out at the centre wicket when the guys were bowling and batting after we lost the game on day five. He was just around at the time so it wasn't planned, it was more just us taking advantage of him being there as we often do with a lot of the past players. If you can't learn from guys who have been here before and experienced it, you will never learn. Lyon has been maligned in some quarters but his numbers are respectable. From 20 Tests, the former Adelaide Oval groundsman has 65 scalps at 33.94. To underline Lyon's record, he is just 11 wickets shy of surpassing Warne's former spin partner-in-crime, Tim May, who claimed 75 Test victims at 34.75. Even Warne struggled to dominate on the sub-continent. In India, he took 34 wickets in nine Tests at 43.12, but Warne sees potential in Lyon and so does Clarke. "On grounds in India it's very easy to go for a lot more runs because they're smaller and have fast outfields," he said. I thought Lyono showed his character in the second innings. I wish we had 150-200 runs on the board because then he would have had the opportunity to bowl on inconsistent spin and pace and bounce on a day-five wicket that I know he would have loved. He's been fine. He's working hard every day to try and get better. I think it's important for all of us as a team to stay nice and positive and confident. For a lot of the guys it was their first Test match in India and those conditions are as tough as they are going to be for a fast bowling unit and the batsmen. Clarke is not convinced this Hyderabad wicket could be similar to a Gabba deck, but he still believes spin, and Lyon specifically, can play a major role. "I've never seen the Gabba look like that in my career," he said with a laugh. I don't think this wicket looks anything like the Gabba, I haven't seen a wicket like this in Australia. But I don't think we will play on a wicket that spins and is inconsistent as Chennai was. I don't think this wicket will be any tougher than Chennai, that was a really tough wicket so I think we have seen the toughest of conditions. The wicket will certainly deteriorate as the Test goes on, so it's a positive for our fast bowlers that there will be a little bit up and down.