Lanky Australian paceman Mitchell Starc said Sunday he believes fast bowlers will play a big role on the dry pitches in the limited over series against Pakistan starting this week.
With hype over the spin-friendly pitches in the limited over series against Pakistan starting here on Tuesday, Starc believed fast bowlers will not be ineffective. "We prepared for wickets that were going to spin a lot," Starc said of the Afghanistan match, the first-ever between the two sides. "The quicks took nine of our wickets so the fast bowlers are going to play a massive part as well as the spinners in these conditions."
Pakistan will rely more on their spin trio of Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez and Shahid Afridi, a fact Starc believed makes them a dangerous side.
"Pakistan are a dangerous side so I think we are going to have to sit down and work out a plan. We have to be at our best to beat them," said Starc, who was declared man-of-the-match against Afghanistan.
Starc, 22, praised Australian batting led admirably by skipper Clarke (75) and Matthew Wade who also made a resolute 75 in a total of 272-8.
"We spoke about our batting. There was a lot of talk from that England series and in the last couple of weeks," said Starc of Australia's unimpressive batting in team's 4-0 loss last month.
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