It is going to be a hard fought series against Pakistan, says Michael Clarke – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, the Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) captain, understands that the series against Pakistan is going to be a massive challenge for his team and believes that the opposition’s spinners can turn out to
be the real threat for the visitors.
The three-match ODI series is going to commence tomorrow at Sharjah, which will be followed by three T20s ahead of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in September/October.
The Baggy Greens are currently low in confidence after being hammered by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the 50-over format recently, who snatched the number one ODI ranking from the Aussies.
Pakistan have not beaten http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in an ODI series since the last 10 years; however, the forthcoming encounter is going to be a nail-biting one, with the two teams looking balanced in all departments.
Ahead of the series, Clarke thinks that playing the Pakistani spinners will test the Aussies’ skills and the slow bowlers will decide the outcome of the battle.
"I know it's going to be a hard fought contest against Pakistan. I think spin in general is going to be a factor," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 expressed. "To have success in these next three one-dayers, I think it is going to come down to whoever bowls spin the best and whoever
plays spin the best will win the series."
Pakistan have the services of some world-class operators like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898. All of them possess the ability to halt the scoring rate and pick up wickets at crucial junctures of the game.
The middle-order batsman is all praise for the Green Shirts, who he thinks are a formidable unit in the sport’s shorter versions. The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 admitted that the conditions in UAE are going to be in favour of Misbah ul Haq and company,
who are used to playing on slow and low tracks.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 are a very good one-day team. I think their greatest strength is definitely going to be their spin bowling. They got some really good spinners in conditions where scoring against spin bowling is going to be quite tough," the Aussie skipper believes.
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