In part two of an exclusive interview, the Kiwi chairman of selectors talks to the BBC Sport website about the forthcoming one-day series in Pakistan.

Shoaib will be a real handful for New Zealand's new-look side

Q. Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is always a threat, how do you think your batting line-up will cope with him and the rest of the home side's attack?

Probably with some difficulty. When Shoaib is on song, he is one of the most potent fast bowlers in world cricket. The extra pace he generates will severely test our inexperienced top order batting.

Late in the innings with his fast reverse inswing deliveries, he will make it difficult for the batsmen to score fast runs. If the tail order batting is exposed, survival will be difficult.

It will be important for an experienced batsman or two to be in when Shoaib bowls late in the innings, otherwise he has the ability to blitz and terminate the innings very quickly.

Shoaib will be motivated because he missed the tri-series in Sri Lanka due to a suspension where NZ beat Pakistan in the final. Perhaps it is payback time.

Q. Shoaib's new ball partner Mohammad Sami is an exciting prospect. Have you seen much of him and how highly do you rate him?

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I rate him highly. He has very good pace in excess of 140 kph, he runs in, tries to bowl fast and is deceptively quicker than he looks.

Being slightly smaller in stature than most fast bowlers, sometimes the ball will skid through a little lower but he is still at the batsman creating pressure and gets wickets.

Q. What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of New Zealand's seam bowling newcomers Tama Canning and Matthew Walker? Will you be offering them any words of advice?

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The only contact I have had with both players is to advise them of their selections and wish them all the best.

They, along with Hamish Marshall, Kerry Walmsley, Michael Mason, Craig Cumming and Richard Jones see this as a tremendous opportunity to advance their careers.

The coaching staff now take over and mould the players into a successful team and try and get the best out of every player in such a short period of time.

Tama is a talented cricketer who has performed admirably at first class and one-day level for Auckland. He is a medium pace bowler who swings the ball and he has the ability to bat well towards the end of the innings.

He has the ability to get wickets and break partnerships. He is potential match-winner but is untested at this level. He may be used bowling 'at the death' which has proved to be a weakness in our game.

Matthew Walker has been a consistent performer with the bat and ball for Wellington. He is another medium pace bowler who has performed year in and year out.

He bowls straight, he has a big heart and tries very hard. In the State Shield competition last year he took 18 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 19 conceding 3.6 runs per over. He also scored 241 runs at an average of 27 with a strike nearing 70. He is a similar player to Canning.

Q. Do you have any particular thoughts about playing against Pakistan which stand out in your memory?

I recall playing the third test at Karachi in 1976. We were 2-0 down in the series and probably looked like losing 3-0. Warren Lees, our wicket-keeper, scored a career best 152 and I managed to get to 80 odd to help save the match.

A young Imran Khan was bowling to me at lively pace and proceeded to bounce me four or five times in one over.

He was warned by the umpire and Imran, who must have been frustrated for some reason, persisted with this tactic only to be removed from the attack by the umpire for persistent short pitched bowling.