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The batsman Salman Butt has said Pakistan will take a spin advantage into the series against Australia, labelling offspinner Saeed Ajmal as "much better" than Nathan Hauritz. Butt's comments came on a day when Hauritz was challenged by Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch to improve his record in the final innings of Tests to help bowl Australia to victories. Pakistan have Ajmal and Danish Kaneria to choose from in the three-Test series starting on Boxing Day, and the Melbourne and Sydney pitches are expected to suit the slow bowlers. Ajmal has confounded the Australians with his doosra in one-day cricket and Butt said he had a distinct edge over Hauritz. "He [Hauritz] is a good offspinner," Butt said. "He's conventional. The only advantage Saeed has is he can spin the ball both ways and a bit faster than Hauritz. That makes him the best spinner. Hauritz is also good but I think Saeed Ajmal is much better." The series could be a telling one for Hauritz, who will encounter friendly surfaces but also some of the most accomplished players of spin in the world. Hauritz has been a steady part of the attack in the past 12 months but has not taken more than three wickets in an innings and averages 49.66 in the fourth innings of games. "In the first innings of Tests, Hauri has played a good role for us," Hilditch told the Herald Sun. "The challenge for him is to take the next step when a spinner needs to come to the fore late in Test matches. Can he win us a Test match? All I can say is that his next challenge will be to see whether he can step up to play that role. "Hauri is a very capable bowler. But we will continue to look for that next group of spin bowlers. It is really important to us that we can develop a group of maybe four different types of spin bowlers and we can pick from that group." For the time being, Hauritz's position is not under threat and he will be hoping to prove himself as a matchwinner over the next few months. Australia's vice-captain Michael Clarke said Hauritz was a strong character and would not be upset by Hilditch's comments. "I think Hauri will take that on," Clarke said. "I think it's constructive criticism for Nathan and he's a pretty strong guy and a great guy also to have around. He's young, he's got a lot of talent with both bat and ball. His performances have been really good since playing all forms of the game." Clarke is wary of Pakistan's dangerous attack, which as well as two class spinners features Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul and the 17-year-old left-arm fast man Mohammad Aamer. They will be joined by Mohammad Sami, who is in form having just taken eight wickets in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final. "He's got some pace," Clarke said of Sami. "The young left-armer looks like he's got a bit of pace as well and a couple of good spinners in their squad as well. We're going to have to be at our best. I think the conditions here and probably in Sydney as well will help Pakistan."

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Poor Nathan. He seems to be like a Temple Bell. Everyone rings him. :haha: First it was Chris Gayle. Then it has own Selector. Now it is Salman Butt :two_thumbs_up:

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Is Hauritz truly a better batsman than Butt? I think there's a good case of it, Salman Butt is playing as a specialist batsman and his career average is pathetic, I'm being nice as well. As for Hauritz the bowler, I don't know why everyone is having a dig at him, he seems like a very modest and hard working player, very un-Aussie like in personna. To be honest, I feel for him, he's got 2 of the biggest shoes in cricket to fill, those of Mr Warne, he like everyone coming through will never be able to fill them.

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Lot of trash talking comes from the Pakistan side. Misba said something along the lines Australia has lost its aura. Moyo said Aussies are beatable. Let us wait and see whether they back their words.

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Butty runs his mouth a bit too much at times :--D
Every Pakistani cricketer does that. It's almost unbelievable how many interviews and statements they give- mostly they say something idiotic. PCB issues warnings from time to time, but not even a child cares what PCB has to say.
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Lot of trash talking comes from the Pakistan side. Misba said something along the lines Australia has lost its aura. Moyo said Aussies are beatable. Let us wait and see whether they back their words.
Aussies are fighters and ruthless, Either you fight them with talent or aggression, sadly poyzz have neither of it
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Every Pakistani cricketer does that. It's almost unbelievable how many interviews and statements they give- mostly they say something idiotic. PCB issues warnings from time to time' date=' [b']but not even PCB cares what PCB has to say.
Fixed :two_thumbs_up:
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Aussies are fighters and ruthless' date=' Either you fight them with talent or aggression, sadly poyzz have neither of it[/quote'] naah, our pace and spin department is better than Australia. While for batting, it's all up to Akmals and Yosuf, rest are just tail-enders.
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naah' date=' our pace and spin department is better than Australia. While for batting, it's all up to Akmals and Yosuf, rest are just tail-enders.[/quote'] Johnson > Asif Charsi Bollinger >>> mowgli ameer You're probably right about spin department though.
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naah' date=' our pace and spin department is better than Australia. While for batting, it's all up to Akmals and Yosuf, rest are just tail-enders.[/quote'] You are over estimating both. Besides, Australians are very good players of both pace and spin. The Australian batsmen can play your pace and spin better than your batsmen can play Australian pace and spin. It's again your batting that will let you down.
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You are over estimating both. Besides, Australians are very good players of both pace and spin. The Australian batsmen can play your pace and spin better than your batsmen can play Australian pace and spin. It's again your batting that will let you down.
Fair enough. Australian batting is miles ahead of Pakistan's, but recent teams have shown if you bowl well and put them under pressure then they can be bowled out for below average score. It's our batting which is not giving us much hope.
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Johnson > Asif Charsi Bollinger >>> mowgli ameer You're probably right about spin department though.
jhonson> asif.... Anc Mckay>Imran khan... U forget it......
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naah' date= our pace and spin department is better than Australia. While for batting, it's all up to Akmals and Yosuf, rest are just tail-enders.
General Tuffey will have to disagree with you :hysterical:

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