We are preparing to face reverse swing in Test- McKenzie
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh South African batting consultant Neil McKenzie said on Sunday that they are eyeing to prepare their Test batsmen with reverse swing along with bouncers ahead of the opening Test against Pakistan, scheduled to start from February 7.
Pakistani pace bowlers already managed to create an impression in the opening two games of the ongoing three-matchTwenty20 series and it suggest that they will certainly like to dominate in the Test series as well against the visitors.
McKenzie refused to travel to Pakistan for personal reasons but instead of staying back in South African opted to return to Bangladesh to start the preparation camp with probable Test squad members at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium from this week.
I am spending time with the Test players who are not involved in the T-20 and it has been really good by getting to know some of the news players well enough and just try to up skill them,’’ McKenzie told reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday.
‘’Obviously they did not have good results in the last few months and it also does not make anybody a bad player. It is more about up skilling the player and builds cricket awareness,’’ he said.
I think with the Test side it’s about the bouncing ball and even though we will play in the sub-continent and in Pakistan but we know it's going to be a good wicket and it will be quick,’’ he said.
The Pakistan seamers are real threat throughout their history in terms of reverse swinging ball and we have just done some preparation in receiving balls that bounce a little bit higher than normal.
‘’We will be doing some preparation on facing reverse swing and just game preparation as they have got few good left-arm seamers and luckily we have got some left arm seamers and just talking about angles and try to make an impact on where you can bat and make the game a little easier,’’ he said.
