http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 versus India, bowler analysis
Bettor.com takes a look at the premier bowlers from both, Australia and India.
Clint McKay
Clint McKay has been a revelation with the ball for Australia. He made his Test debut against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 at Perth, getting only one wicket. Although making a start to the limited overs game prior to his Test call, he has been a constant member of the
One Day International (ODI) side.
The tall fast bowler has always faced stiff competition to cement his place in the side, but he has still managed to hang in there with a couple of his quality performances.
As a right arm fast bowler, he hits the deck hard to extract any kind of seam movement available in the wicket. His pitches the ball, just back off a length and can surprise the batsman with his extra bounce. His 194 cm height is backed by his high arm action.
Clint has so far, done very well at the international arena, picking up 25 wickets in 15 matches at an impressive average of 22 with a best of 4/25 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
In the absence of Doug Bollinger, and Mitchell Johnson being rested, McKay has been the spearhead of the Australian attack in the ongoing series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. He hasn’t let the hopes of his team down. In the first match he bowled a brilliant channel with the
ball. His nagging line and length earned him 3/55 in his quota of ten overs.
Furthermore, he made two early strikes as India roared for 35/2 in 8 overs and in the middle overs he broke an important partnership of 137 runs between Yuvraj Singh and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424, which again swung the pendulum in his team’s favour. In doing so, he pressurized
the new batsmen, but it was Kohli’s century in the end that stole the show.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Nehra-c46293
Ashish Nehra is a classical left-arm fast bowler with a lot of variety in his armoury. Pace, accuracy and variations in length are his traits. In addition, his weapons are backed up by a potent in-dipper, which can even surprise the best of the batsmen.
Nehra, in seaming conditions does have the ability to move the ball from the wicket.
However, he came onto the scene as one of the most promising new-ball bowlers after his first tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in 2001. Since then he hasn’t been able deliver the goods as his career has been plagued by many injuries. He has developed himself as a constant
member of the limited overs squad in the last two years.
In all, the left arm fast bowler has played 108 ODIs, scalping 146 wickets at an average of 30 with a best of 6/23. His best performance came in the 2003 World Cup at Durban, where he rattled the English top order like absolute bunnies.
Nehra had not started badly in the current series against Australia. He bowled a tight line, making life difficult for the batsmen to score quick runs. First, he dismissed Shaun Marsh for a 11 ball duck as it was coming slowly onto the bat and the bounce
was uneven, Marsh went with the stroke early and his stumps were rattled due to an inside edge.
Nehra again took full advantage of the slowness of the wicket as he bowled a 125 kph delivery with a scrambled seam that Tim Paine didn’t manage to hit cleanly, chipping it straight to mid-on.
Ashish bowled his first six overs for just 16 runs, taking two wickets, showing how mean he is with his left-arm bowling. His next four overs gained his 41 runs as Cameron White went ballistic in the end, scoring 89 runs off just 49 balls. Nehra ended up
with 3/57 in ten overs.
Ashish remains an integral part of India’s plan in the 3rd game.
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