Australia vs. Pakistan: SWOT analysis of the Australian bowlers – ICC World Cup 2011
Australia is all set to take on Pakistan today in their Group A match of the ICC World Cup 2011 at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Both teams will fight it out for the top spot in the group standings. The Australians are looking to put in a dominating
performance, as Pakistan are looking to upset the defending champions.
Australia has played extremely well and has not lost a single match in the tournament so far. The bowling attack of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 is without a doubt, one of the most talented in the world. A SWOT analysis of the Australian bowlers is as follows:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lee-c72382 has taken eight wickets in the competition and is bowling in all the right areas to the opening batsmen. The
Pakistani openers have played pretty inconsistent cricket during the competition and have failed to provide a good start to their respectable teams.
Lee is bowling a consistent line on the off stump side and is not giving many loose balls to the batsmen to hit. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 has got some issues with the off stump line and can end up edging Lee’s off stump deliveries to the third slip position. He also
bowls some effective fuller deliveries and these can tempt the Pakistani batsmen to play some uppish shots on the off side.
Shaun Tait is another bowler of prominence in the Australian line-up and has the ability of bowling some aggressive deliveries to the Pakistani batsmen. He is bowling well and has picked nine wickets in the tournament, as his ‘aggressive’ bowling will definitely
help Australia in putting some fear in the minds of the batsmen. The best benefit of a fast bowler is his ability to make the batsmen uncomfortable in their batting techniques and to make them do something out of their normal routine.
He can easily complement Lee’s bowling to a great extent and can halt the boundaries in the first 15 overs of the innings. Tait’s line and length will also prove effective in indulging the batsmen to give some edges to the slip position.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 and Younis
Khan leg before.
There are not many major weaknesses within the Australian bowling line-up, as their bowlers have a tendency of doing a good job for them during their spells. The fifth bowler can be a problem for the Australian’s, as there is a chance that the Pakistani
middle-order might score some important runs during this period of the innings.
Bowlers like Jason Krejza and Steven http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595
in their line-up and these batsmen are quite capable of hitting major boundaries during the middle-overs.
The Colombo wicket has got some assistance for spin, but it has also got a lot of assistance for batsmen and any ball pitched in the wrong zone can easily get smashed out of the park. One must also keep in mind that Australia has got an incredible record
against Pakistan, and this will motivate the Australian front-line bowlers to dismiss the Pakistani side for a low total in their innings.
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