Brett Lee admires young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 – Cricket News Update
The veteran Australian pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the first Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Pattinson scooped the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his marvellous all-round show in the opening game. He not only grabbed six wickets with the ball, but also played a crucial innings of 18 and 37 to power http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 to a convincing 122-win.
He was aggressive with the ball, especially at the lower order batsmen, whom he kept peppering with short ones.
For his aggressive style of bowling, he received a warning by the Umpire for the constant barrage of short balls to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, the Indian opening batsman.
Lee was impressed by his performance, stating that it was great to see a rookie fast bowler troubling the Indian batting giants.
"As a fast bowler, you have to be in the batsman's face. There's a line that we know you can't cross, but as long as no one is being racially vilified or being sworn at, so the kids at home can see it, it's Test cricket, so it's meant to be nice, hard, competitive
cricket,” said Lee who himself is an attacking fast bowler.
In a career of three Test matches, Pattison has taken 20 wickets, which has led Lee to consider him as a future superstar. He did provide a cautionary note by asking him not to be over-aggressive, as this could affect his line and length.
“You look at his mannerisms now - he's confident, he's hitting the crease hard and I think that's really important for a young fast bowler. He's got a really good fast bowler's make-up: strong legs, strong shoulders and he takes the ball away from the right-hander,”
added the 35-year-old paceman who bagged 310 wickets in 76 Test before announcing his retirement from the longest version of the game.
Lee also heaped praise on the current Australian pace attack for performing consistently over the past few months. He claimed that with the return of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins, the Aussie bowling unit will become one of the best attacks in the world.
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