ICC World Cup 2011: John Davison against young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Seren-Waters-c89209
“Be an Opener of doors for such as come after thee” - Raliph Waldo Emerson
Openers perform an important role as they are they are the trail blazers. Openers are supposed to pave the way for the successors to follow. The broader the way, the faster the movement will be.
The same stands for the game of cricket where openers are considered to be the main strength of a team’s innings. If openers manage to provide a strong base of the innings, it is easy for the middle-order batsmen to build a big total.
With the 10th ICC World Cup in full flow, all 14 teams are engaged in the fixtures of the first round, challenging and striving to take over one another in a bid to qualify for the next phase.
The two minnows, Kenya and Canada are going to compete today in the 23rd mach of the tournament, at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Here we compare one opener of each team and try to analyze the batting strength of the two teams.
Following are the profiles and comparative analyses of Kenya’s Seren Robert Waters and Canada’s John Davison.
Born on 11 April, 1990 at Nairobi, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752, Seren Robert Waters is a striking opener. Starting cricket from school life, Waters joined surrey, an Under-17 cricket team, ending up with a double century.
At the age of just 18, he was called to play for his national side. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 18 October, 2008 against Ireland at Nairobi. He was lucky enough to open in his maiden match and scored 41 from 74 deliveries including 6
fours. Keeping the pace, he went on to score 75 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in an ODI. He has not made his T20 debut yet.
During his 2 years career, he has played 16 ODIs. He has 332 runs with 1 fifty, 44 fours and 1 six. As a fielder, he has 5 catches to his credit.
Born on 9 May, 1970 at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Campbell-c49176 River, British Columbia, John Davison is a right-handed opening batsman. He moved to Australia in boyhood.
In 1993, he enrolled in the Australian Cricket Academy. Playing for some years for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 and played his maiden World Cup in 2003 for Canada, stunning the world
by smashing the fastest century of the World Cup history and scoring the third fastest fifty.
Following this marvelous performance, he was elevated to captaincy in 2004. Biding goodbye to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753, finishing up with 19 runs.
Davison has played 29 ODIs and 5 T20s so far with 766 and 44 runs respectively. He has 1 century, 5 fifties, 89 fours and 23 sixes to his credit.
Comparing Waters and Davison, it is found that there is a vast difference between the ages and career records of the two.
Davison’s age and experience is just double to those of Waters. Being 40 years old, he is the oldest player of this World Cup.
Moreover, he has experience of playing county and First-Class cricket in Britain and Australia.
Waters’ only quality is striking play but not always. He plays fast with the bat, hitting the ball out of boundary. But he is not consistent. He shines in one of five matches he plays. On the other hand, Davison has always been consistent with the bat.
Both batsmen share similar batting averages and it seems the real contest will be between experience and youth.
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