Conditions in Malaysia to help swing bowling: Lee

KUALA LAMPUR—Brett Lee, Australia's premier fast bowler, is looking forward to bowling in the DLF Cup as the conditions in Kuala Lampur, according to him, will help fast bowling.
"It's a good chance to get out there, the ball will swing around a fair bit," Lee told The Age, a Melbourne-based daily. We've just finished a bit of a run and sweat's pouring out, but it is pretty warm here, quite humid, it is like playing in India too I think, from what I've been told."
Australia play the opening match of the tournament on September 12 against West Indies. The players had a first-time net session at the Kinrara Oval on September 10. "It's just a matter of going out there, enjoying myself and hopefully getting the ball on the right line and length," he continued, "and if the ball swings around the corner then happy days."
Lee said he was looking forward to bowling to Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, who he felt were the hardest batsmen to bowl at. He has a good record against both India and West Indies - in his 13 one-day matches against India, four of them at neutral venues, he's managed 24 victims while his 11 matches against West Indies have yielded the same number.
Spreading cricket in offshore venues like Malaysia, Lee felt, was a good idea. "It's great we can take cricket to different places, and if we can get cricket on the map over here we'll definitely be doing our job."
After the recently abandoned Unitech Cup in Sri Lanka - owing to the persistent rains that lashed Colombo - India will be lucky if bad weather does not follow them to Malaysia as well. Possibility of rain has been forecast during the tournament which coincides with the monsoons in Malaysia. The Malaysian authorities have assigned 30 staff members the task of putting on and removing the covers as required.
Each team will play the other two twice before the final scheduled for September 24. —Agencies