James Pattinson to feature in Australia’s T20 line-up – Cricket News Update
Australia’s squad for the upcoming T20 series will feature a number of players who were absent from the ODI line-up, among them pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 – a move which is expected to enable the Australian team to tackle the Windies batsmen more effectively.
“They've got some enormous strikers of the ball, pure hitters,” observed T20 skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 and Darren Sammy.
Pollard smashed a match-winning 102 in the 4th ODI, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 chipped in with a valiant 84 off 50 balls, which went in vain as his team lost by 30 runs. Nevertheless, the close call rattled the visitors, who will be looking to contain
the opposing batsmen.
“We've talked about a few ways to try and defuse that, a few different things to focus on but I think one of the inevitabilities of Twenty20 is you're going to bowl balls that are going to get hit.”
“Most importantly it's about how you can respond to that,” he stressed.
It is precisely in response to that threat that the selectors have named the likes of Pattinson in the squad.
The 21-year-old Pattinson made his international debut last year, but was unable to participate in the ODIs against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 owing to a strained glute muscle, an injury he sustained during the third final of the Commonwealth Bank series last month
in Adelaide. He played the 3-match finals series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, taking 4 for 51 in the first final, and following that up with a 1 for 47 in the last match. This series marks his Caribbean debut.
In addition to Pattinson, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308 also finds himself back in the squad, after being sidelined for the last two ODIs of the recently wrapped-up series.
As far as eliminations are concerned, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Forrest-c2176 find themselves on the sidelines. However, both will be in contention for the upcoming Test series, which starts from April 7.
The 2-match T20 series kicks off today on March 27 at the Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. The second match will be played at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, which will also serve as the venue for the 1st Test.
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