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Listed below are comments made by dawntredder between Monday, 27th April 2009 and Thursday, 25th June 2009.

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No instant impact from Hauritz 8:56pm on 25 Jun 2009 I think the need for a spinner is over talked about. Pace will be the key to this series + england arent going to go out and prepare spinning wickets because this time the aussies have no shane warne and they have swann....their key to success is not spin, it is also pace. Without some assistance in the wicket England have a weak bowling attack...sure Swann is handy, but the likes of Anderson, Broad and even Flintoff will need assistance in the pitch to trouble the Aussies. Anderson and Broad are not world class, they will be fodder on flat decks. THe only time Anderson has looked half decent was recently in conditions which arent going to surface come ashes...in those conditions even the labrador aforementioned in post 7 could get the ball to swing. A full pace battery from AUstralia..with their handy 3 man slow bowling backup..will indeed batter the poms into submission. Only flintoff would make it into the Aussie fast bowling lineup...and the english know it - they are trying to spin the aussies into selecting a spinner..and unfortuantely, your convict pals just arent that stupid.
Face-to-face with Australia's new sensation 4:21pm on 27 Apr 2009 Sehwag is my favourite opener to watch for sure, but he is a different sort of player to Hughes. As has been said he plays the ball soooo late…he has an incredible eye and he has a unique way of dealing with testing deliveries. What we haven’t seen is him facing a world class spinner – but England don’t have one, so that shouldn’t be an issue. And there were several times where he faced the swining ball in SA – but because he plays it so late he easily negates it (Steyn is the best late swinger in the game). The one ball that troubled him was the straight/legside bouncer – he doesn’t seem to have a pull/hook shot in his arsenal and he jumps and leaves his feet on almost every delivery….he’s very good at getting his hands out of the way when its on the off, but he does get into a bit of trouble when its at the body or slightly down leg. Lets not forget he gloved the ball twice down the legside and wasn’t given out on the way to his maiden ton. SA just didn’t persist with that tactic…rather packed the offside and bowled wide to him….but like a Gilchrist you can load all of your fielders on that side and he’ll still find the gap.

I think the main reason why not many international players get a go in the Aussie domestic stuff is because there simply isn’t enough teams there – there’s 6. Unlike the English county stuff where they have several divisions, heaps of spots and potential relegations…. there’s no need for Australian teams to draft in better players and as there’s only 66 blokes in action each week…you have to develop the local guys before giving a chance to an outsider. I also imagine that the pay in Australia is no where near what it is in England….which is the only reason international players go to England….so I doubt English players would want to bother with Australia in their rare off-time. England had possibly the best preparation ever in 2006 – they played a practice match in Adelaide…on the same pitch as the second test…and played a NSW side in Sydney (same pitch as the 5th test) against McGrath, Clark and Lee (ie the exact Australian fast bowling lineup). If that’s not going to help you prepare for what’s in store…I have no idea what is.

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