Pacers as useful as spinners in UAE conditions: Mitchell Starc – Cricket News Update
Following their warm-up match against Afghanistan, young Australian pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033, touted as spin-friendly surfaces, will also hold something for the fast bowlers, as his team prepares to take on Pakistan for the first of 3 ODIs, on August 28 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 for a limited-overs tour in the UAE, which includes a 3-match ODI series, followed y 3 T20Is. Owing to the extreme daytime heat, the matches have been scheduled to be played over a span of two days – beginning at 6 pm, and finishing at 1:45 am the next day.
The Aussies had a chance to acclimatise themselves with the conditions, sample the pitch, and get used to the unusual timings as they faced off against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Full Member nation.
“We prepared for wickets that were going to spin a lot,” Starc said while commenting on the match against Afghanistan. “The quicks took nine of our wickets, so the fast bowlers are going to play a massive part as well as the spinners in these conditions.”
Despite the bare, hard surface, the Aussie quicks flourished during their encounter with Afghanistan, which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804, on the other hand, only managed to claim one.
Pakistan, who have been hosting matches in the UAE since terrorist attacks on the touring Sri Lankan team during 2009 in Lahore brought their status as an international sporting event into question, are more at home in the conditions. The Men in Green are also predicted to be the stronger side, with a formidable spin trio comprising http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 – a situation Starc admits his team need to prepare comprehensively for.
“Pakistan are a dangerous side, so I think we are going to have to sit down and work out a plan,” said the left-arm pacer. “We have to be at our best to beat them.”
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