http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748: SWOT analysis of the Canadian bowlers
The group matches of the ICC World Cup 2011 are about to end and the tournament will enter a phase where one small mistake by any team can cost them their place. The teams for the quarter-finals are almost certain and there is only a handful of teams left,
whose place in the tournament has yet to be confirmed.
Canada is one team which has literally been the punching bag in the competition and has won only one match which they have played in the tournament so far. Canada will play Australia on Wednesday and they will have to be at their best in order to give a
good performance against Australia.
The Canadian team has some good bowlers in their squad and they have the potential to bowl some good spells to the Australian team. Balaji Rao will be the main strength of the Canadian bowling line-up and has the potential to give a hard time to the Australian
middle-order. Balaji has been bowling reasonably well in the competition and has picked 9 wickets from the five matches of the competition. Though, he has been a bit expensive in some of the matches, but overall he has bowled with a lot of dedication and has
had some good spells.
The Australian batsmen are still not comfortable against a quality spinner and one good spell can raise some serious question marks for their players. Balaji gets some good turn from the Subcontinent wickets and will definitely create some issues for batsmen
like Brad Haddin and Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120. He also maintains a good pace on his deliveries and has the ability to dry up the scoring rate for a certain period of time.
His leg spinners are not so easy to play and he can prove a sticky customer for the Australian batsmen. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harvir-Singh-Baidwan-c61987 is another bowler who will add strength to the Canadian side and has the potential to cause some problems for the Australian batsmen.
Baidwan has been the most successful bowler in the Canadian bowling line-up and has picked 12 wickets from 5 matches of the competition.
The Canadian team has been using Baidwan at various positions of the bowling line-up and he has been successful in picking important wickets of the opposing teams. The best quality about Baidwan is his ability to pick crucial wickets at regular intervals
and this factor will definitely count as a huge factor against the Australian team. He does not do much with the ball and bowls a wicket-to-wicket line to the opposition batsmen.
He will definitely invite batsmen like Haddin and Cameron White to play some aggressive shots on the off side. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rizwan-Cheema-c2328 is another bowler to look out for in the Canadian squad and can bowl some tidy overs during the middle innings. He has a tendency
of keeping a good line on the off stump side and can frustrate a batsman like Clarke in his bowling spell.
If we start counting the weaknesses of the Canadian bowling line-up, than we would need a whole day to mention their attributes. The Canadian bowling has been the weakest in the whole competition and has given a lot of easy runs during their spells. Bowlers
like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Chohan-c1791 and Jimmy Hansra have proven to be a huge liability for the Canadian team and have proven to be too expensive in most of their spells.
Their weak bowling will definitely tempt the inform Australian batsmen to play with an attacking frame of mind and to score as many runs as possible at the depth overs. The Australian batsmen have a tendency to become over-confident against the weaker sides
and this could provide an opportunity to the experienced Canadian bowlers to bowl an “accurate” length to the batsmen.
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