LIVE bowling analysis, England v Ireland - ICC World Cup 2011
England and Ireland, playing in pool ‘B’ of the ICC World Cup 2011, will face each other today, 2 March, 2011 in a day/night encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
England won their first game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 and suffered defeat. Although Ireland are dubbed as the minnows but they have a variety of players in their team including pacers, spinners and top-class batsmen that can win it for them.
James Anderson is the spearhead of England’s bowling attack, who started his international career at the age of 20. Anderson, a right-arm attacking pace bowler can swing the ball both ways and his outswinging Yorker is hard to play for any batsman. The 28-year old pacer is the second highest wicket-taker for England in ODIs by claiming 186 scalps. The bowler has a poor bowling record on Subcontinent’s pitches.
He picked a total 16 wickets in India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at Trent Bridge, in a Test match.
Anderson's experience of playing the 2003 and 2007 World Cups will come as an advantage for the bowler.
"It's his third World Cup, so he's a genuine veteran now. Taking wickets in the first Powerplay will be his main job, but he's much better at keeping things tight than he used to be and has silenced many of his doubters in Australia," claimed on former bowler.
Trent Johnston, is a right-arm medium fast bowler of Ireland who has been playing a crucial role for his side on many occasions. Starting his career from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 and played a vital role in reaching the third consecutive final of the Cup.
The pacer, having picked 48 wickets in 45 ODIs at an average of 29.87 is the most successful bowler for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751. In April 2009, he claimed five for 14 against Canada in the final of ICC World Cup qualifiers which was the best bowling record in an ODI, for any Irish bowler.
Former Ireland all-rounder, Kyle McCallan, while commenting on Johnston said,
"Inspirational captain of the team in 2007. Like a fine wine he is simply getting better with age - he is fitter than ever and bowling better than ever. Still the 'talisman' of the side - When TJ fires Ireland will be hard to beat."
ICC World Cup 2011, will be the second mega event of his career where he can demonstrate his bowling talent by taking advantage of his prior World Cup experience.
To win the match against England, Ireland will have to put up a great fight as England have shown a lot of improvement in their ODI performances in year 2010 after being victorious in all of their ODI tournaments.
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