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Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has tried to lay some seeds of doubt into new West Indian pace weapon Kemar Roach, warning him that attempting to bowl too quickly at the WACA this week could see him on the end of a slaughtering…
“I don’t think our approach to Roach will be any different to the first two Tests. He can obviously get the speed up on the radar gun,” Haddin said.
“But this ground with some fast bowlers it has been their downfall trying to bowl too quick, and all of a sudden they look up at the board and they have gone for six or seven an over.
“It can sometimes be a ruthless place to bowl for a fast bowler…”
“I had a little look yesterday and have not got a good take on it to be honest.
“It was a bit slow last year, and it looks like it could be a bit underprepared at the moment. We have to wait and see until later tomorrow.
“It makes for a lot of fun, and traditionally when you have had some great Test matches here, the wickets made for some attractive shot play … and (keepers) get a good look at the ball.
“And it is one of those grounds that can be very hard to get in, but once you get in it is one of the better places in the world to score.”
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“Haddin not a believer in umpire reviews”
“I wasn’t a great fan of it to start with, I think it’s designed to take the real howlers out of the game,” Haddin said. “Personally I am happy with either all the power the umpire has or giving everything to technology and referring all decisions. It’s still a bit of a grey area at the moment and we’ll have to see how it goes over the coming months.
“As a keeper you do have the best view but I don’t want that pressure of getting the wrong or right one. It’s a funny one because we thought we had a couple of obvious ones in Adelaide that got turned down, but the bottom line is we are still taking 20 wickets a Test match without the referral system. I am not a great believer in it.”
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