England's seam bowling options for Lord's are already limited because of injuries to Andrew Flintoff (ankle), Simon Jones (knee) and James Anderson (back).
He expects the performance of South Africa's seam attack, led by Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini and Andre Nel to be crucial to the outcome of the series.
And if conditions on Wednesday are at all similar to Tuesday, which featured thick cloud throughout to help provide lavish sideways movement, Australia's seam bowlers will be expected to hit back hard.
That little line near your toes, that seam, it's killing the U.S. sock industry.
It was a fine effort from England's young seam-and-spin combination, especially on such a tame wicket in Napier.
It's simple, it just costs more to seam a sock in the U.S. than it does in China or Honduras.
Such was the dominance of England's swing and seam bowlers, Swann was required to bowl only two overs in the entire first Test.
There was no swing or seam to encourage England's opening bowlers on a much drier surface than seen at the first Test in Chittagong.
Apart from 39-year-old Nixon, none of the other Leicestershire batsmen ever looked set against Worcestershire's battery of seam bowlers, splendidly led by 22-year-old Shantry.
Anderson missed the tour to Bangladesh because of a knee problem, but he has been in good form for Lancashire at the start of the county season and is ready to shoulder the responsibility of being England's most experienced seam bowler.
The prospect of unsettled weather on the first two days at least suggests that Amir and the wily Mohammad Asif will still be a handful with the famous Lord's slope assisting them to move the ball off the seam as well, making it vitally important that England's batsmen knuckle down and be prepared to graft.
Glamorgan's ex-Australia seam bowler Jason Gillespie told BBC Radio 5 Live on Tuesday that Pattinson should not be used as a scapegoat for England's second Test defeat to South Africa.
But along with Brad Williams - thought unlucky by some to miss out as Gillespie's replacement - and Ashley Noffke, he is in the vanguard of Australia's next generation of seam bowlers.
Alas, there's no local, artisanal vendor option when it comes to needles and seam rippers, says owner Keri Cavanaugh, who has a master's in curation and actually worked at a museum in her former life.
Mike Whitney and Chris Matthews were given chances in the 1980s, but Australia's brightest left-arm seam bowling prospect from that era was Bruce Reid.
"He's got a two-seam fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup, " Stewart said.
With a steady, settled batting lineup, depth in the seam-bowling department and the world's best spinner, Saeed Ajmal, the visitors had everything needed to mount a serious challenge.
The drop-in wicket provided only minimal swing and seam for the bowlers, and New Zealand's bowlers were simply rewarded for bowling accurately.
Ironically, Mr Giuliani seems to have mined the same seam of public forgiveness that earlier saved his opponent's husband.
However, all-rounder Watson, who opens the batting and makes up a four-man seam attack, has emerged as one of Australia's key players in the last 12 months and is certain to take his place in the side.
Her award was chosen by a panel comprising former England skipper Clare Connor, now the ECB's head of women's cricket, England head coach Mark Lane and the Guardian newspaper's Mike Selvey, himself a former England seam bowler.
Bottom-of-the-table Warwickshire's batsmen were no match for Notts' seam attack, with Varun Chopra the only batsman to pass 21 in either innings, compiling 54 second time around before being bowled by Sidebottom, while Tim Ambrose collected a pair.
He doesn't seam the perfect pass to Victor Cruz for the game's first touchdown, the one big brother Peyton was stunned by, nor does he keep so level when Brady goes 16-for-16 and puts the Pats back on top without those agonizing sketches.
He's pretty special when you could throw cutter, sinker, four-seam, hook, changeup, and on both sides of the plate.
With overcast, cloudy and cold weather helping ample seam and swing bowling on relatively green tops, England has never been India's favourite playing field.
Shirley's in the kitchen wearing a bathrobe, huddled over a sewing machine, repairing the seam of a dress.
India's batsmen soon ran into problems of their own as Asif and Shoaib found plenty of seam movement to remove Dravid and Sehwag with only 14 on the board.
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Michael Vaughan's innings began with three unplayable deliveries from Kyle Mills, zipping away in the air and off the seam.
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