There is no tougher team than South Africa, feels Matthew Wade – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Wade-c1933, Australia’s young wicketkeeper/batsman, believes that the upcoming series against South Africa is going to be a massive challenge for his side, with the opposition having the services of some of the world’s finest fast
bowlers.
The three-match Test series between the two cricketing giants commences from November, 9, 2012, at Brisbane, with both the sides looking to stamp their authority in the game’s longer version.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 by two games to none at their own backyard. However, in case of a series victory, Australia will snatch the top ranking from
the Proteas.
Having gone through a rebuilding phase, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 are now a settled unit, at-least in the 5-day format of the game.
Despite the fact that the Kangaroos have the services of a number of budding fast bowlers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins, the Proteas have an edge in this department in the presence
of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753.
Wade, who is fighting for a place in the Test team along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170, believes that South Africa are the world’s best side, having plenty of match-winners in their ranks.
With Sri Lanka scheduled to visit Australia in December, the wicketkeeper thinks that that Islanders will also pose a huge threat to the Kangaroos.
"There's no tougher Test cricket than what that will be against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757," Wade said. "As cricketers all we want to do is test ourselves against the best players in the world. Their bowlers are the best in the world at times. It's
going to be hard work all summer against those guys and then a pretty good team in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 coming over as well.”
If Wade gets a chance in the series against South Africa, he will be playing Test cricket on home-turf for the first time. The wicketkeeper/batsman feels that there will be added pressure of playing in front of the home crowd.
"The pressure is a little bit different. I think a home series is probably going to be even tougher, everyone is watching, but it would be fantastic to play in," expressed the youngster.
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