http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 to keep faith in Hogg and Cummins – Cricket News Update
Australian Head Coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bradley-Hogg-c59047, and tear away youngster, Pat Cummins, for the team’s upcoming semi-final clash with West Indies, despite their mediocre outing during the team’s heavy loss against Pakistan.
After remaining unbeaten for the best part of the ongoing campaign, the Aussies suffered an unlikely beating at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in their final Super Eight fixture, which has raised concerns regarding their preferred XI.
While their inability to cope with spin has opened the door for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804 and Hogg.
Starc and Doherty’s performances have been consistent so far, both, in terms of taking wickets and restricting the opposition batters, which is in stark contrast to the other two bowlers. Cummins had a below-par outing against the Men in Green, where he conceded 42 runs from his four overs, and considering his poor showing in the opening round fixture against the Windies, one puts a doubt over his ability to contain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 and Co.
As for Hogg, he has picked just two scalps in the tournament so far, and further leaked 29 runs in his three wicketless overs against Pakistan. Despite having the luxury of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CJ-McKay-c1265, both of whom have yet to get game, Arthur is confident that the under fire duo will come good in the remaining matches.
"I think we've got the potential to get eight, maybe ten overs of spin," Arthur said. "That's going to be the trend down the line. Against the West Indies I think he [Hogg] has the ability to expose their middle order with a little bit of spin. If you look at the West Indies strike rates they are more susceptible to spin that they are to seam bowling."
"The subcontinent teams don't want to see http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, he might just have mix it up just a little bit more. We'll give him all that information and then I'd really like to see him take ownership of that."
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