Mumbai Indians bowling coach, Shaun Pollock, said his team has the knowledge and will have the benefit over Somerset at the slow tracks of M A Chidambaram Stadium. Mumbai have played two matches in Chennai, while Somerset have not played any game on this track and Pollock feels his team would have the benefit of meaningful what to expect on this pitch.
It's interesting, to say the least. Our game against New South Wales was very difficult. We've played two games and managed to experience what the situation is all about. We know what to expect, he said at a press meeting.
I think we've to just alter on the day. I mean we don't quite know how the pitch is leaving to play until we arrive and see how the first five or six deliveries behave. It's going to be strange, because we've played two games and we'll adapt pretty well, I think,he added.
Pollock ruled out promote struggling all-rounder, Andrew Symonds, who has scored just 26 runs in four innings, up the order, saying the Australian's role is that of a finisher.I don't think a semifinal is the time to get a player's confidence going and rhythm back. You want your best batsmen at the crease. I think that's the key in T20 cricket,he said.
You want the guys who are in good nick at the top of the order. Andrew knows what his role is, that of a finisher, that's why he comes down the order.The South African bowling coach backed Symonds to come good in the last two games for Mumbai.