England v West Indies: 1st Twenty20 – Match Preview
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 will take on West Indies in a couple of Twenty20 games at the Kennington Oval, London. The first game of the two-match series will be played on Friday, September 23, 2011.
The hosts will be without their regular Twenty20 skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 will take charge of the team.
Apart from Broad, flamboyant middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 will also not be a part of the team due to an injury. He is a very good finisher and will definitely be missed by the team.
However, the English selectors have shown faith in their youngsters and will be looking forward to win the upcoming series.
Star batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and will still not be a part of the team playing against the Caribbean Kings. He also had a slight injury in his wrist and the selectors have given him time to recover before
the ODI series in India next month.
Even though some key players will be missing from the English squad, Swann still has plenty of options to play with. He will be counting on relatively senior members of the side to lead from the front.
There are a couple of exciting youngsters in the home team’s line up and one of them is Jonny Bairstow. The 21-year-old made his international debut against India in the final ODI of the five-match series and impressed one and all with his superb batting
display.
Bairstow collected an unbeaten 41 runs off just 21 balls against the Men in Blue at a crucial stage of the game. This earned England a whitewash in the series and a player-of-the-match award for the youngster.
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Fast bowler Jade Dernbach will be the other player to watch out for against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. He has performed decently at the start of his career and will be looking forward to cement his spot in the side.
Swann will be expecting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 to lead the bowling attack alongside him. Both players have been playing international cricket for a long time, but it will be a different experience to lead a fresh side.
All-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 will be eying to prove their worth to the team as well. The have not featured in too many games for England, but have been impressive in his stints until now.
On the other hand, the West Indian team is loaded with some quality all-rounders including skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382. His side has struggled to do well in the longer formats of the game, but Twenty20 cricket is ideal for them
All-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 will be eying an impressive performance on his return to international cricket. He has the ability to clear the boundary regularly and also bowls well at the death.
Apart from that, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235 will lead the bowling attack and will hope to do well.
Although England will start the series as favourites, the Windies are fully capable of surprising one and all with their talented line up.
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