Australia vs. Canada: SWOT analysis of the Australian bowlers
The ICC World Cup 2011 is entering into a critical phase and in coming days we will see some important matches being played in the competition. There are teams which have secured their place in the quarter-finals and are in no immediate need of a win to
keep their place in the competition. Australia is one team which is picking their good form in the competition and have started to play some competitive cricket in the tournament.
Australia’s match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 was abandoned due to rain, and they will now want to deliver their best against the minnows Canada. Australia will play Canada on Wednesday and they would have an ideal opportunity of winning with a convincing margin against
the inexperienced team.
Australia possesses some impressive bowlers in their line-up, which are a key component for the success of the team. The Australian front-line bowlers will be their main strength and can easily raise h**l for the top order batsmen of the Canadian team.
Brett Lee will be the main strength of the Australian bowling line-up and can easily dismiss two or three quick wickets of the Canadian team. Lee has been bowling with a lot of fire in the World Cup and has picked wickets in almost all the matches which
he has played. One does not expect the Canadian batsmen to pick Lee’s variety with ease and they can easily find themselves in a lot of trouble against his bowling.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lee-c72382 has beautiful control on the off stump side in the early overs and this can also tempt a batsman like Hiral Patel to play some loose shot in the early overs. Shaun Tait is another bowler who can provide an aggressive spell in the early overs and can
also pick some crucial wickets in the starting overs.
Tait has picked 8 wickets in the tournament and is looking better with every match of the competition. Another feature of Tait’s bowling in the World Cup is his ability to bowl some economical spells in the starting over’s and this would definitely put
the Canadian openers in a defensive frame of mind. If he bowls some aggressive overs in the start, than the Canadian openers can become a bit conscious in their approach and might play the other bowlers without taking any risk in their batting.
There is no escaping for the Canadian batsmen against Australia and they will be continuously tested by the Aussie pace men during the match. Mitchell Johnson is a strong component for the Australian bowling line-up and can easily control the run rate in
the first 16 overs. Johnson has some impressive ‘in-swingers’ in his bowling resume and these can easily trap a batsman like Zubin Surkari leg before.
The fifth option is one area which can cause some issues for the Australia’s bowling line-up against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, as their fifth bowling option and both these bowlers have not been at their best in the competition.
Though, they have not been expensive, but they have not picked many wickets in the tournament and have also gone for some runs in their spells.
This could provide an opportunity to a batsman like Jimmy Hansra to score some handy boundaries for his side. On Saturday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and it will be an ideal opportunity for the Australian front-line bowlers
to dismiss them for a very low total. If the Australian bowlers are successful in dismissing the Canadian side for a low total, than they will definitely get a lot of bowling practice for their important match against Pakistan.
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