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Zimbabwe coach Geoff Marsh says England's developing pace bowlers will not benefit in the long run from the pitches they have played on this summer.
The former Australian batsman said: "A lot of the wickets we've played on this summer have given too much assistance to the faster bowlers.
"I'm not saying this as an excuse for our batting performances - with our inexperience we would probably have struggled on better wickets.
"But, playing on pitches offering generous seam and bounce can give a false impression of a bowler's abilities."
Marsh said he felt England had a good pace attack, but the public should not get too excited about their performances in the Tests against Zimbabwe.
England thrashed the tourists by an innings in both matches.
Marsh said: "Don't get me wrong, England have a good pace attack with (Darren) Gough, (James) Anderson, (Richard) Johnson, (Steve) Harmison and (Matthew) Hoggard.
"The danger is that they don't develop into complete bowlers who are capable of winning test matches on flat Asian, Australian, South African and West Indian wickets.
"Gough is an exception to that because he's proved himself overseas.
"But it's young bowlers like Anderson, Harmison and Hoggard who will need to learn subtle variations and master different deliveries to take wickets when the ball doesn't swing and seam."
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