Cricket LIVE bowling analysis, Pakistan vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 - ICC World Cup 2011
The world cup has started and so far most of the major teams have been playing the weaker sides of the world cup. The subcontinent teams are being considered as the favourites to lift the prestigious World cup trophy, and there is a chance that we might
see some exceptional performance from some of the notable teams of the Subcontinent.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 is playing against Sri Lanka today and there is a chance that any of these teams could win this important Match. If we consider the SWOT analysis of Pakistani and Sri Lankan bowling line-up, we would see that both these teams have abundant talent
and potential in their bowling departments.
The biggest strength for the Sri Lankan bowlers is the fact that they are bowling in their own back yard.
Sri Lanka has bowlers like Dilhara Fernando, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157 in their squad and these bowlers are masters of bowling in their home conditions. Malinga and Fernando have a great record in Colombo and can pick important
wickets in the early stage of the innings.
Malinga has taken 114 wickets from 77 Matches and has a great capacity of bowling some swinging deliveries at the start of his spell. Fernando is also an important part of the Sri Lankan bowling line-up and has a great capacity of bowling a tidy line in
his opening spells.
Both these bowlers can easily keep the run rate tight in the starting over’s. The Middle over’s of the Sri Lankan innings are also covered as they have bowlers like Muttiah Muralitharan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajantha-c42419 Mendis, Angelo Mathews within their team.
All these bowlers are a good option for the Sri Lankans and have a natural ability of controlling the flow of runs in important phases of the Match.
These players will be looking to exploit the weaknesses of Pakistani batsmen. The men in green have a lot of potential and are good players of spin bowling. Players like Younis Khan and Misbah ul Haq have a natural tendency of scoring important runs off
the spinners.
The conditions would be ideal for batting and there is a chance that the Sri Lankan pace attack might become a bit predictable for the Pakistani batting. Pakistani batsmen have played a lot against Sri Lanka and can score some important runs off bowlers
like Angelo Mathews and Ajantha Mendis.
Sri Lankan bowlers would have an ideal “opportunity” to take full advantage of the un predictable Pakistani batting and try to dismiss them for a low score. If Sri Lankan bowlers can take some quick wickets then they would have an ideal opportunity of halting
the Pakistani scoring rate in their innings.
Pakistani batsmen would be quite keen of scoring some important runs and there is a “threat” that they would try their level best to push the momentum in their favour. If there is any weakness in Sri Lankan’s bowling then there is a chance that batsmen like
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 might score some rapid runs off these bowlers.
We now consider the SWOT analysis of Pakistani bowlers. The basic “strength” of the Pakistani bowlers would be the presence of some experienced players in their line-up. Pakistan would have bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Umar
Gul, Shahid Afridi, and Abdur Razzaq in their bowling front.
All these bowlers have played some important Matches against Sri Lanka and have also picked important wickets against the opposition. They would know the weaknesses of players like Kumar Sangakara and Jayawardene and would know the ideal line to bowl to
these batsmen. Pakistani bowlers would be quite motivated from their performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 to give them a much needed confidence boost ahead of the match against the Lankans.
The Colombo wicket is an ideal batting track which might make things difficult for Pakistani bowlers in the prevalent conditions. There is a chance that bowlers like Wahab Riaz and Afridi might not bowl the right length to batsmen like Jayawardene and Tilkaratne
Dilshan and might get punished during their spells.
Sri Lankan’s have got a great experience of playing in Colombo and they would fully capitalize on any weak area in the Pakistani bowling attack. The Sri Lankan middle order is not that experienced and it would be an ideal “opportunity” for bowlers like
Afridi and Abdur Rehman to exploit this weakness.
If any of the main bowlers of Pakistan fail to deliver a good performance against Sri Lanka than there is a huge “threat” that the other bowlers might also become de motivated to deliver their best in the Match. Bowling tightly in the middle overs would
be crucial for Pakistan and there is a chance that the Sri Lankan batsmen might score some important runs on one of their favourite pitches at home.
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