Prince EWS
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Not really. Hussey bowls a little bit slower but more importantly, he's not anywhere near as accurate.Seriously minus some outswing McDonald looks like a very pedestrian bowler at the test level, i mean even Mike Hussey can bowl what he is bowling atm with Haddin upto the stumps.
As I said before the Test match, McDonald's pretty obviously not a long-term Test standard player but he's not awful either and he could do a job for a game or so. I wouldn't have picked him but he's a good First Class cricketer and has been getting some unfair criticism. As has been said, too, he's a genuine swing bowler which for some reason hasn't manifested in this match.