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`It's going to be a hard slog for Panesar'

Melbourne: Shane Warne's trusted personal coach Terry Jenner expects England's Monty Panesar to enthral crowds more than batsmen but says the left-arm spinner will succeed only if the Tests are dragged into the last day.

Jenner, who recently returned from a coaching stint in England, said left-arm orthodox spinners generally struggled in Australia.

``He's a beautiful craftsman, delightful to watch. He's very level-headed, and a revelation really for the England spinners,'' Jenner said.

``But unless we provide (favourable) conditions for him, it's going to be a hard slog for him,'' he was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.

Jenner said Panesar, the young bowler who has become a cult figure in England and taken 32 wickets in his first 10 Tests, could be dangerous but the key was stretching a match into the fifth day.

``Generally, the pitches are extremely hard, and the leg-spinner, who by means of release gets a lot of additional bounce, is more successful than the off-spinner who doesn't gain the same amount of bounce.

``If Panesar gets a crack on a fifth day, he will be very dangerous, but it's getting to the fifth day that's the key. You've got to get that far into the match,'' he said. — PTI

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