Pace attack to play crucial role against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755: George Bailey – Cricket News Update
Australia skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20, 2012, due to be played today on October 2 at the R
Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Prior to the ongoing World T20, Pakistan and Australia faced off in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392, who was
declared the Player of the Series, for having claimed 9 wickets in 3 matches, with an economy rate of 4.88.
While the team lost the T20I series, 1-2, the pacers once again put forth impressive performances, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins claiming 5 scalps, while Starc took 4.
“We saw in the UAE our fast bowlers can certainly shake them up,” said Bailey, prior to the World T20 game against Pakistan. “If we can take a few early wickets and put their middle-order under pressure, I think that's a way we can make them crumble.”
Australia are as yet unbeaten in the competition, and in addition to solid performances from the specialist pacers, have also benefitted massively from the all-round abilities of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558, whose right-arm medium-pace has made him the current top wicket-taker
in the ongoing World T20 – with 10 scalps from four matches to his credit.
However, despite http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s impressive line-up, the skipper insisted his team weren’t taking Pakistan lightly, given the fact that their opponents had an equally strong bowling attack, concentrated on spin.
“They're full of match winners. Their spin bowling is very strong,” Bailey pointed out. “It's going to be a really tough game.”
Bailey went on to single out one spin bowler in particular, who had severely troubled the Aussies in the UAE, and remained the top wicket-taker during both the one-day and T20I series – off-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859.
“He's one that you know you might not be able to take for as many runs as you'd like to,” the Aussie skipper observed. “But if you can keep him out of the game in terms of wickets, it can put some of their other bowlers under pressure.”
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