Ireland vs. Netherlands: SWOT analysis of Ireland’s bowlers – ICC World Cup 2011
Ireland is all set to face the Netherlands today in an exciting group match of the ICC World Cup 2011. Although both teams are considered minnows, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 will be looking to put
in a good performance and gain some respect for their competitiveness.
Ireland’s bowlers will have a great chance of dominating the batting line-up of the Netherlands, as the lack of experience and confidence can rattle any team to make simple mistakes and lose quick wickets. Although Ireland’s bowlers are not the most experienced,
they can frustrate teams and restrict easy runs. A SWOT analysis of Ireland’s bowlers is as follows:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Johnston-c53002 will be the main strength of Ireland’s bowling squad, as he has the ability of picking some crucial wickets in the early overs of the innings. Johnston is bowling well in the tournament and has taken some important wickets.
He will definitely prove to be quite a handful in the opening overs, as he can put the Netherland’s batsmen in a defensive frame of mind. The Dutch openers have not been at their best in the tournament and this can easily allow Johnston to restrict the batsmen
and force them to make mistakes. Johnston bowls a good line on the off side and has a tendency of tempting the batsmen to play some rash shots.
Johnston does not experiment much in the early overs, as he does not give up many loose deliveries that the batsmen can easily score from. Though, he has been a bit expensive during some of his spells, but he can bowl some steady overs that will definitely
put the Dutch openers in a confused state of mind.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Dockrell-c59135 is another bowler of prominence in the Irish bowling squad, as he has the ability to bowl some economical overs during his spell. He has been the most economical bowler in the squad and has also taken consistent wickets in the tournament.
Dockrell has shown great control over his line and length and he will definitely pose trouble for Netherland’s middle-order.
Netherland’s batsmen have not shown much command against quality bowlers and Dockrell’s variety can easily make life difficult for them. He bowls with good accuracy and has the ability to restrict the batsmen from scoring easy runs.
His variety will also help the other Irish bowlers to gain in confidence and add some variety to their techniques. Apart from few bowlers, most of the Irish bowlers have not had a good line to the opposition batsmen and have gone for some easy runs during
their spells. William Rankin has not been impressive with his opening spells and has bowled with a lot of indiscipline. This can easily tempt the Netherland’s openers to play him with a relaxed frame of mind and score some major boundaries off his bowling.
Paul Stirling has also been quite ineffective with his off breaks in the tournament and has been taken for some easy runs during his spells. The Dutch batsmen can play the spin bowlers, as the Subcontinent pitch conditions make turning the ball rather difficult
allowing for an onslaught of runs during their spell. If Stirling fails to maintain a good line than the Dutch batsmen can easily score some important boundaries during the middle-overs.
There have been some pretty ordinary performances from the Netherlands’ batsmen in the World Cup and it will tempt the slightly more experienced Irish bowlers to dismiss them for another low innings in the tournament.
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