Other Star batters a big worry

“We We will have our planning meeting tomorrow — it it’s s one thing to come up with a plan but the trouble with someone like Maxy is how dynamic he is and that he can hit the ball 360 degrees degrees. You try to cut off one part of the field and he can access another part so he he’s s someone we we’re re keen to get rid of early early,” Bailey said said.

The injection of Afghanistan spinner Qais Ahmad has given the Hurricanes the X X-factor factor in the middle overs and Bai Bailey believes the teenage leggleggie leggie will live up to the hype hype.

“Every Every game has got pressure and I would hope that he would not feel any more pressu pressure than any other game he has pplayed for us us, us,” ” Bailey said said.

“He’s He s a leg leg- leg-spinner spinner and on their day leg leg- leg-spinners spinners can produce something special special.

“He He bowls quite quickly quickly, which seems to have an impact over here here, he he’s s got a good wrongwrong-un un and spins the ball ball.

“The The luxury of having him and D D’Arcy Arcy Short bowling so well for us is that we can turn the ball both ways and leg spinners more than any other bowlers in this format seem to hhave have a knack of taking wicke wickets with not their best balls balls.

“To To have a couple of guys who are able to take wickets for us through the middle and change momentum and halt momentum and g get momen momentum going our way is rreally important.”