England v India – 5th ODI – English batsmen to watch out for
England and India are all set to battle it out in the 5th and final One Day International (ODI) match, scheduled to be played on Friday, September 16, 2011, at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
The match comes as the final fixture of what many would call, one of the most thrilling cricketing events of the year, as English ODI skipper, Alastair Cook, aims to wrap-up India’s visit with another successful win, sending home the Men in Blue with a bag
of defeats and disappointment.
However, for the hosts to make it possible, the side will have to rely on its potent batters who may aid the Poms in posting or chasing a competitive total.
For the matter, Indian bowlers will have to keep an eye out for the much in form, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373.
Alastair Cook
England’s Captain and opening batsman, Alastair Cook, kicks off with the team’s batting arsenal, which may serve as a potent threat for the Indian tourists.
Despite having the home turf advantage, Cook has surely led the much hyped English players into some impressive wins, but as a batsman, the skipper exhibited his true might on the 2nd ODI, after leading his team into a successful win, through
a not out performance of 80 runs compared to what the opener offered in the series opener, after being dismissed at a minor 4.
Since Cook’s ODI debut in 2006, the 26-year-old skipper has played 35 matches, scoring a total of 1275 runs at an average of 38.63.
Craig Kieswetter
23-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206, comes as England’s hard hitter, which has earned the top order batsman a striking reputation in the limited overs format. However, retaining his ability to deliver hard knocks under any conditions, Kieswetter, stands out a potent
batting talent on the English roster.
During the 3rd ODI, Kieswetter managed to score his series best, worth 51, at a strike rate of 110.86, while during the second fixture, fell just 4 runs short of securing a half century.
Sporting a budding cricket career, Kieswetter has served his national side in 22 fixtures, in which the wicket-keeper batter has scored an impressive pile of 653 runs, which includes his one-off century and 4 fifties.
Ian Bell
Two down batsman, Ian Bell, stands out as one of England’s most consistent batsmen, who has always aided the team, in situations of an early top order crumble and for that matter, skipper Cook will surely be resting much reliance on the batsman in the upcoming
fixture at Cardiff.
During the recent 4th ODI, Bell remained to be the second highest scorer on the English line-up, earning a solid 54 off 75 deliveries.
Being an ODI veteran, 29-year-old Bell has played 106 matches since his debut under the format in 2004. Out of the lot, the batter has aggregated an impressive tally of 3206 runs, including his best not out performance of 126.
Ravi Bopara
Ravi Bopara is one of the most in form batsmen on the current English ODI squad, as well as being one of the highest scorers for the team.
The middle-order batsman surely proved his words when he recently stated that he aims at securing a solid place on the English roster; evident to which was Bopara’s recent performance at the Lord’s game where the batter played a major role in assisting England
to mark another significant performance against the visitors.
However, to the batter’s despair, Bopara marked his dismissal just 4 runs short of a deserving century.
Bopara stepped into the ODI format in 2007 and since then has been a potent member of the national team, playing 63 matches with a total score of 1443 runs.
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