Ireland vs. Netherlands: SWOT analysis of Netherlands’ bowling – ICC World Cup 2011
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 is all set to face the Netherlands today in an exciting group match of the ICC World Cup 2011. The Netherlands will be looking to put in a good performance to gain some experience and build some confidence, as they are yet to win a match in the tournament.
Ireland is a dangerous team, capable of putting in a match winning performance as they take on the Dutch.
The Netherlands has been on the losing side during all of their matches in the tournament. Today’s match will provide the best opportunity that the Dutch may have to finally secure a valuable win. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 has some good bowlers in their line-up and
they are quite capable of delivering a good performance against the inexperienced Irish batsmen. A SWOT analysis of Netherland’s bowling is as follows:
Ryan ten Doeschate will definitely be the biggest strength of the Dutch bowling line-up, as he has the ability of delivering a good spell in the middle-overs. Though, he has not been that impressive in the competition and has been taken for some runs during
his spells, but he has shown a lot of skill in his bowling and has bowled with a lot of variety to the batsmen.
He has a bowled with a fair amount of accuracy and has not let the batsmen get away with powerful shots to the boundary. Doeschate will definitely prove to be quite a handful against the Irish team and can take some important wickets of the Irish middle-order.
He has a tendency of bowling economical overs and can halt the Irish batsmen from lifting the scoring rate during the innings.
Pieter Seelaar is another bowler to look out for against Ireland, as he has the ability to put in some economical spells during the middle-overs. He is very valuable, as he can restrict and frustrate the batsmen into making mistakes and playing bad shots.
Ireland does not have many technically sound batsmen in their line-up and can find it difficult to handle the spin of Seelaar in an easy manner. Seelaar has bowled well in the tournament and has taken 7 wickets thus far.
He has also been the most economical bowler in the Netherland’s bowling line-up and took three crucial wickets in their match against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. Seelaar also has a great ability to change his bowling variety and can tempt the Irish middle-order to
take some irrational risks in their batting display. He can reduce the scoring options for the Irish and can put them in a defensive frame of mind.
The Netherland’s have many weaknesses within their bowling line-up, as most of their bowlers have not been bowling economically during their spells. Bowlers like Bernardus Loots and Mudassar Bukhari have proven to be a huge liability for Netherland’s and
have given a lot of runs during their spells.
During the World Cup, the problem with the Netherland’s bowling has been the lack of control and discipline in their innings. Though, their bowlers have some economical overs in their spells, but after some tight overs they have become a bit complacent in
their approach and have bowled some loose deliveries to the opposition.
Ireland’s batsmen do have the skill and temperament to go after the loose deliveries and send them to the boundary. Ireland is on the same level as the Netherlands and if the slightly less experienced Dutch, bowl with a good plan, than there is a chance
that they can dismiss the Irish batsmen for a low score during the match.
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