The English-Aussie pace attacks set to flare up the English Summer – Cricket News Update
The Australians have arrived in England to play a five-match One Day International (ODI) series against the Englishmen. Australian Captain Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 shield for the best ODI team after ending the season as a number-one team in the world.
The talk of the town is a mix of youth and experience in the Aussie pace attack and the number of pace bowlers that it has brought on the tour. The visitors have arrived with as many as six fast bowlers, and the intentions are made clear very early with Coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mickey-Arthur-c1969 drumming the battle bugle, warning the hosts of the impending Aussie aggression. "We have some real firepower in our attack and we're looking forward to a good, interesting series," the South African said.
The visitors have plenty of experience in their ranks with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472 still won’t be an easy task given the conditions which are more favourable for the hosts.
"The wickets can be quite slow over here, so it doesn't matter how fast you bowl, if you're not accurate, you're not going to have success, especially in these conditions," Clarke said. "We've got some good talented quicks, it's just now about getting some cricket under their belt, getting a look at these conditions and make sure our preparation is spot on.”
English summer is expected to heat-up with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 also praising his pace quartet which rattled a decent Windies batting lineup and helped earn a convincing victory for the hosts during the first-ODI of the current series being played between the two teams.
"We've gone in with that tactic of trying to play to our strengths. It's bloody hard to do that against four genuinely quick bowlers," said Cook after the huge victory.
The first match of the series will start on June 29 after the visitors will play two warm-up matches and a one-off ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 on June 23.
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