‘Australia ready for trial by spin’
Opener Warner looking forward to the UAE series.
DUBAI:
Australia are ready for a trial by spin during their tour of the UAE, said opening batsman David Warner.
Warner’s reputation is for blitzkrieg batting at the top of the order, boasting a strike-rate in excess of 140 runs per 100 balls in that form of the game.
But in the UAE, in limited-over games against Afghanistan and Pakistan and on pitches expected to help spin bowling, the left-hander expects a completely different challenge.
“Everyone says we struggle against spin and we know they are going to have a lot of spin bowling,” Warner told reporters. “In Darwin we had a fantastic set-up with [batting coach] Justin Langer who arranged for wickets to be turning and challenging and our batters took a lot out of that.
Australia will play seven matches in the UAE with a One-Day International (ODI) against Afghanistan in Sharjah on Saturday followed by three ODIs and three Twenty20s against Pakistan.
“I haven’t faced these bowlers in turning conditions and the challenge for me is to keep rotating the strike.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2012.
Australia are ready for a trial by spin during their tour of the UAE, said opening batsman David Warner.
Warner’s reputation is for blitzkrieg batting at the top of the order, boasting a strike-rate in excess of 140 runs per 100 balls in that form of the game.
But in the UAE, in limited-over games against Afghanistan and Pakistan and on pitches expected to help spin bowling, the left-hander expects a completely different challenge.
“Everyone says we struggle against spin and we know they are going to have a lot of spin bowling,” Warner told reporters. “In Darwin we had a fantastic set-up with [batting coach] Justin Langer who arranged for wickets to be turning and challenging and our batters took a lot out of that.
Australia will play seven matches in the UAE with a One-Day International (ODI) against Afghanistan in Sharjah on Saturday followed by three ODIs and three Twenty20s against Pakistan.
“I haven’t faced these bowlers in turning conditions and the challenge for me is to keep rotating the strike.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2012.