Dirk Nannes rubbished Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi's allegation that all teams indulge in ball-tampering.

Nannes said bowlers can achieve success without twisting laws.

Afridi, banned for two Twenty20 Internationals after biting the ball during Sunday's Australia-Pakistan ODI in Perth, made a startling allegations that ball-tampering was hardly a new thing in cricket since all teams resort to it.

Nannes, the Dutch pacer who is expected to make his Twenty20 debut for Australia in Friday's match against Pakistan, rejected Afridi's sweeping allegation and said it was possible for a bowler to taste success without resorting to such malpractices.

"It's no secret that everyone wants to change the condition of the ball but that's through shining the ball and things like that," Nannes was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press (AAP).

"Everyone around the world does that in cricket," said the pacer, who has represented Australia, Netherlands and Indian Premier League team Delhi Daredevils, besides domestic sides Middlesex and Victoria in his chrquered career.

"I'm not really sure what he was referring to with those comments, but I know from a Victorian perspective we don't do that sort of thing and I don't know anyone around the country who actually does it," said the left-arm pacer.

Meanwhile, Nannes viewed the one-off Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Melbourne on Friday as a "huge opportunity" to cement a place in the team with the World Twenty20 just over two months away.

A change in selectors' attitudes towards the shortest form of the game has seen 33-year-old Nannes drafted into the national Twenty20 squad this week after being overlooked for last year's World Twenty20 in England despite being the leading wicket-taker (12) in the 2008-09 Big Bash while representing Victoria.

Friday night's clash with Pakistan serves as only one of five chances to play for Australia in the newest incarnation of the game in the lead-up to the showpiece event in the Caribbean.

The other four are against the West Indies and New Zealand twice each.

And while Nannes ended up playing for Holland in the 2009 World Twenty20, he would love nothing more than to be donning the green and gold in the 2010 tournament.

"I think any chance to play is a big opportunity," Nannes said outside Cricket Australia headquarters today.

"Every game you play in the Big Bash is a massive opportunity to prove yourself.

"Hopefully I get a few more opportunities after that (Friday's clash against Pakistan) and who knows? I'm not a selector and all I can do is try and bowl as best as I can.

"It's great to be in the Australian team and whether that, going forward, gets me a place to the World Cup that would be fantastic."

Nannes' record in the shortest form the game is undeniable, having taken 70 wickets at 17.74 for various teams around the world, and he is thankful that national selectors don't view age as an important factor in Twenty20s any more.

"It's a bit of a different game, I think there's a different mentality for sure bowling Twenty20 as opposed to bowling one-dayers," he said.

"It's probably the first time they've really gone down that track, they did it in England, they picked a different side and unfortunately we got rained off," he said of the two abandoned Twenty20 matches against England that followed The Ashes series last year.

"So this is the first time really that the new-look outfit really has a chance to shine.

"(The selectors have) certainly picked a lot of people who have got good records in the (Twenty20) game."