Australia vs. Canada: a practice match for Australia – ICC World Cup 2011 Preview
World Champions Australia will face the minnows Canada today at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. This will be a dead rubber contest between both teams.
Australia has seven points after playing four matches. They have played three matches and one match was abandoned against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 due to rain, as one point each was given to each team.
Before today’s encounter both teams have met only once and Australia won that match so Australia has a 100 per cent win rate against Canada.
Australia is currently placed at the number four position in Pool A because they have played only four matches, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 are at the bottom of the Pool because they have not won a single match so far in this World Cup.
Having thrashed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 with a convincing margin of 91 runs, Australia started their World Cup campaign with style. They were as good as ever against the Kiwis in their second match of the tournament, as they slaughtered the Black Caps and won the match
by a huge margin of seven wickets.
While in a crucial game against Sri Lanka, rain interrupted the match and one point was given to each team. In their fourth match, Australia crushed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 by an impressive margin of 60 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 is truly the Champions, as they won the home One Day International series against their traditional rivals England by a convincing margin of 6-1 and they are full of confidence and ready to attack any opposition.
At opening Australia have the ever dangerous batsman Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 and the supportive Brad Haddin. In the middle-order they have a superb blend of enthusiasm and experience. The Captain Ricky Ponting is considered to be one of the world’s top batsmen. His
tremendous skills can be very lethal for any opposition once he gets his eye in.
Besides Ponting, the Aussies have the seasoned middle-order batsman Michael Clarke, who is capable of constructing the innings beautifully. The line-up also includes the young blood Cameron White, who can be unstoppable once he gets going, as he has the
ability to hit the ball a long way.
They also possess a very strong lower middle-order consisting of David Hussey and Steven Smith. Both batsmen are quite capable of scoring quick runs towards the end of the innings.
In the bowling line-up, Australia has two of the world’s fastest bowlers in their squad, Brett Lee and Shaun Tait. Both have the ability to break the head and toes of any opposition, as they can demolish any team within no time.
Besides these two genuine fast bowlers, the very lethal left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson can provide support to their pace bowlers.
In the spin department, Australia has JJ Krejza as off-spinner and Steven Smith as leg-spinner. David Hussey usually plays a supporting role for the bowlers.
On the other hand, Canada is just a novice in the cricketing world. There is no comparison between these two teams, as Canada may give a tough time once in a blue moon.
They have the potential to tease teams like Australia, but they are not strong enough to beat them. Canada still needs to groom their players in every department of the game. They have already shown in their opening match against
Sri Lanka the level of play that they have in the game.
The Canadians are just part timers, as they do not have any dependable batsmen or quality pacers and spinners. They will find it very difficult, as they take on the champions today.
Australia (Probable): Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, David Hussey, Steven Smith, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, JJ Krejza.
Canada (Probable): John Davison, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Chohan-c1791, Harvir Baidwan, Balaji Rao.
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