Pattinson wants to emulate Dale Steyn – Cricket News Update
As he talks about his side’s chances ahead of the South Africa series, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 has admired the bowling prowess of counterpart Dale Steyn, stating that he wants to emulate the success the Proteas pacer has achieved in modern-day cricket.
The young Victorian pacer recalls the time when he watched Steyn in full flow during the team’s tour of South Africa last year. His ability to swing the ball both ways, bowl at express speed and further take regular wickets has impressed Pattinson, who is hopeful of doing the same as he looks to become a permanent figure in the Australian national team.
"I remember the first time I went to South Africa and I watched http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 bowl and it was unbelievable watching him bowl live," Pattinson said. "He's a fantastic athlete and it's fantastic the way he goes about it, his aggression and he swings the ball at good pace. He's someone that I would like to bowl like one day and have his record.”
With both teams preparing to lock horns from next week, Pattinson has admired the work done by the Proteas pace batteries over the past 12 months. Apart from Steyn, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753, both of whom have played a key part in the team’s rise to the top of Test cricket.
Philander became the quickest bowler in over a century to claim 50 Test wickets, while Morkel’s ability to support the duo has seen him become indispensable to the team. With their ability, they are most likely to be in the thick of the action when the series starts, given the seamer-friendly nature of the tracks Down Under. Pattinson recognizes this fact but has put faith in his own batters to come good.
"It's going to be pretty hard to do because he's such a good bowler. Our batsmen are going to have to be on their best games to try and combat him and Morkel and Philander, who's almost the missing man in this, nobody is talking about him but his record over the last year has been fantastic."
Tags: