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Originally Posted by ammark
Good, aftab and Ashraful can hit the aussie fast bowlers for 6 again. Our batting has enough variety and is not bad against low swinging pace bowling.
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uncle's right...if there isnt movement off the pitch or through the air, our batsmen will enjoy the pace of tait/lee...and even mcgrath will take a few hits...our stroke-loving batsmen like when the ball comes onto the bat given no lateral movement.
quality spin is something that tends to bog us down...even the likes of prosper utseya - who, btw, is just a mediocre spinner in int'l terms. plus aftab's technique against spin is absolutely wretched.
lets see who are the quality pacers and spinners we will face:
pace
mcgrath, tait, johnson, bracken (australia)
bond, franklin, oram (new zealand)
taylor, bravo, ??? (west indies)
flintoff, anderson (england)
pollock, ntini, nel (south africa)
spin
vettori (new zealand)
thats kinda good for us, only one quality spinner...exculding gayle