LIVE update, David Hussey: we are going to face a lot of spin against Sri Lanka
Australian batsman, David Hussey has said that Australia is going to face a lot of spin against Sri Lanka. The World Cup is being played in its full bloom and so far we have seen some good Matches being played in the tournament. We have also seen an upset
in the world cup and it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 which gave a shocking defeat to the English team defeating the Poms by a margin of 3 wickets.
Before the world cup, it was speculated that spinners would play a major role during the tournament and so far this speculation has proved quite correct. Spinners are having a ball of a time in the world cup and any team with a “notable spinner” is taking
full advantage of the Subcontinent conditions.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 is one team which has always found it difficult on spinning tracks and struggles to score some important runs off a quality spinner. But the Australian team is working a lot on their spin issues and are undergoing a lot of practice sessions to
master the spin attack of the opposition teams.
Australia’s middle order batsman David Hussey was of the view that “Everyone’s got their own individual ways of handling spin, and we know that against Sri Lanka, and later on in the tournament, we’re going to face a lot”. Sri Lanka, possess spinners like
Muralitharan, Herath and Mendis in their squad and all these bowlers have much variation in their spin bowling.
Colombo wicket offers ample assistance for spinners and the Sri Lankan spinners would know the ideal way of exploiting the spin from this wicket against Australia. Hussey further said “A lot of boys are practicing sweep shots, using their feet to spin and
getting their feet to spin and getting back and forward out of the crease. It’s been a useful three days”.
Australian batsmen have an ideal opportunity of getting accustomed to spin bowling as they would be entering into the critical phase of the world cup and they would be left with little time of covering their basic weaknesses against spinners.
Critics feel that it is very important for a batsman to use his feet to play spin bowling.
Hussey praised the bowling achievements of Muralitharan, but he also highlighted the fact that Australia has a pretty decent record against Muralitharan in the past. Muralitharan has played 39 Matches against Australia and has taken 53 wickets in them. The
spinner is an experienced campaigner in the Sri Lankan side and could pose some issues for the Australian batsmen. Australia are expected to play against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 tomorrow. The match starts at 14:30 IST.
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