http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 v Canada: Maple Leaves playing for pride - ICC World Cup 2011
New Zealand will go up against minnows Canada in ICC 2011 World Cup match number 30 on Sunday, 13 March at Wankhede Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
Maple Leaves will be playing for pride as their campaign seems to be nearly over. They will go into the match as underdogs. Expecting a win would be too much from the minnows but they will be pumped up and should perform well after defeating Kenya on Monday,
7 March and taking http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 to the edge on Thursday, 3 March
Canadian captain, Ashish Bagai, is confident of his side and said, “We are getting better and better with each game, the performances if you have noticed are getting better and better with each game.”
Kiwis have found their winning touch. They thrashed Pakistan is their previous match on Tuesday, 8 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 and took revenge for the defeat that they suffered at the hands of the 1992 world champions at home earlier this year.
It should be a perfect game for the Black Caps, except for the fact that their skipper Daniel Vettori picked up a knee injury and will be benched for this game. Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, who turned 27 on 8 March and guided his side to victory over Pakistan, will lead
the side in Vettori’s absence.
Taylor assessed the pitch of Mumbai and believes that it will assist fast bowlers and since it will be a day match, dew will not play a major role.
Team form
Form wise it is a complete mismatch. Kiwis who were struggling for form before the World Cup have found their touch at just the right time. Though, there are still discrepancies in their side which they need to sort out quickly if they want to be a major
threat to stronger oppositions. From the last five matches they have won four and lost just one match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
Maple Leaves had some impressive performances in the tournament but they failed to capitalise on those performances. However, they will be hoping for a reversal in fortunes and produce an upset. From the last five fixtures they have won just one and that
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752.
Key Players
Taylor played a splendid knock in the previous match for the Black Caps and he’ll be hoping to for a repeat performance. The likes of Brendon McCullum and Scott Styris had a quite tournament so far and they’ll be looking to pounce on this opportunity to
regain form.
John Davison played well against the Kiwis in their last two encounters at the World Cups. The Canadians will be praying he continues the good work.
Harvir Baidwan and Henry Osinde hold the key in bowling.
New Zealand (probable XI)
1 Martin Guptill, 2 Brendon McCullum (wicket-keeper), 3 Jesse Ryder, 4 Ross Taylor (captain), 5 Scott Styris, 6 James Franklin, 7 Nathan McCullum, 8 Jacob Oram, 9 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321, 11 Tim Southee
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 (probable XI)
1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Henry-Osinde-c62693, 11 Balaji Rao
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