http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755: SWOT analysis of the Pakistani bowlers – ICC World Cup 2011
Pakistan is looking to face the mighty Australians today in their Group A match of the ICC World Cup 2011 at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. With the top spot of the group standings up for grabs, both teams will be looking to put in a good performance
for a decisive victory. Pakistan is looking to upset the defending champions, as the Australians are focused on keeping their unbeaten streak intact.
Pakistan has some good bowlers in their line-up and they have the potential to give a hard time to the Australian batsmen. A SWOT analysis of the Pakistani bowlers is as follows:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 will definitely be the major strength of the Pakistani bowling line-up, as he has the ability of giving a hard time to the Australian batsmen.
Afridi has simply been awesome in the World Cup, as he has taken 16 wickets in the tournament so far. Being the captain, Afridi realises his duties and will be quite pumped up to make the Australian batsmen uncomfortable during his spells. He is bowling
a good line and is also giving a good flight to his deliveries. The Australian batsmen have not played spin with a great deal of authority in the tournament and this will motivate Afridi to introduce himself in the early overs of the innings.
He has been maintaining a good pace on his bowling and he can deceive batsmen like Ricky Ponting and Cameron http://www.senore.com/Cricket/White-c96514 during his bowling spell. Afridi’s accurate bowling will hamper the Australian batsmen from achieving their plans of making easy runs. He is
bowling quite economically in the competition and this can easily frustrate the Australian batsmen to play some irrational shots in their innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 is another strength of the Pakistani bowling line-up and has the ability of bowling some impressive overs in the opening part of the innings. Gul is bowling well in the competition, as he has taken 10 wickets so far. He is quite famous for his disciplined
bowling and has the ability to bowl some impressive yorkers during the depth over’s.
Gul has bowled some economical overs in the early phases of the innings and can halt the Australian openers from hitting some major boundaries in the opening overs. He maintains a strict line on the off side and can tempt Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 from playing an uppish
drive on the off side. If he is successful in bowling some economical bowlers in the early overs, it will definitely put the Australian team in a defensive frame of mind.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 is another bowler who will act as a strong contributor to the Pakistani bowling line-up, as he has the tendency of bowling some effective spin during the middle-overs. He has bowled economically in the tournament and has not given many loose
balls to the batsmen to hit. Rehman can easily bowl some economical overs to the Australian middle-order and can stop their batsmen from building a good foundation during the middle-over. The Australian batsmen have got a great record against the Pakistani
bowlers and they can easily play them with a relaxed state of mind.
The fifth bowler is an area of concern for Pakistan and there is a chance that bowlers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 might be taken for runs during their spells. The wicket will be a slow one and it will provide an ideal opportunity to the Pakistani
bowlers to bowl with a lot of variation to the Australian batsmen.
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