Windies have a challenging pace attack: Michael Hussey – Cricket News Update
Australian batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 anticipates a difficult challenge for the visiting batsmen as they prepare to tackle the West Indies spin attack in the first Test of a 3-match series, due to commence today at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown Barbados
on April 7.
“You've got to rate them very highly. All of them at their best are extremely challenging to play against as a batsman,” Michael Hussey said.
The Windies will be going with a three-pronged pace attack, expected to comprise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fidel-Henderson-Edwards-c57010, with spinner Devendra Bishoo to be brought in once the ball and pitch have been softened. Hussey admits that it is an intimidating
line-up.
“He's [Edwards] got good pace, a good bouncer. He bowls well with the old ball, with reverse swing. So they're obviously very good assets for him.”
“And then you've got Roach, who has good genuine pace as well,” he said of the 23-year-old fast bowler, who troubled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 with a series of vicious short balls during a series in 2009, forcing the Aussie veteran to retire hurt after a particularly
deadly delivery caught him on the elbow in Perth.
Hussey predicted that the pitch would be less quick than the one they had played on previously, and bound to become spinner-friendly as the match progressed. This is where Bishoo, brought in to replace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 who prioritized his commitments with the
IPL’s Kolkata Knight riders over a Test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, will come in handy for the home team.
The Test match approaches amid a storm of media frenzy, particularly in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, where the team’s recent competitive performances and renewed fighting spirit have inspired hope.
While they were unable to clinch a series win, they put up a valiant show in the limited-overs series, ending both the ODIs and T20 series on a draw, frustrating the visiting Aussies who had not expected such a display from a side which has been out of form
for a long time.
“We've already seen in the limited overs stuff that the West Indies are extremely competitive, particularly in their own conditions,” Hussey observed, adding that while the Caribbean conditions had been fairly foreign, the visiting team had adapted reasonably
well.
He went on to point out that while the team had performed well in the limited-overs series, the Test matches were literally a whole new ball game, and in this context, their Caribbean hosts were bound to be challenging opponents.
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