Holder backs West Indies bowlers to fire in cool Hobart

(Reuters) - West Indies captain Jason Holder has backed his fast bowlers to thrive in the relative cool of Tasmania and exploit what he perceives as Australia's batting weaknesses when the first test gets underway on Thursday. The tourists are 14-1 outsiders with the bookmakers to win the match at Bellerive Oval against an Australian side who could return to the top of the test rankings with a 3-0 series sweep. Holder, however, has manfully stuck to the line that his eighth-ranked side can upset those odds, even after being hammered by a Cricket Australia XI featuring six first class debutants in a warm-up game in Brisbane last week.
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