Owais Shah and Michael Hussey: the batting pillars – IPL 4
The middle-order batting plays an important role in compiling important runs on board. As the Indian Premier League progresses, two players, Owais Shah and Michael Hussey are looking to make their mark on this exciting tournament. Both players act as batting
pillars for their respective teams.
Michael Hussey is playing for the Chennai Super Kings and Owais Shah is representing Kochi Tuskers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803. High-lights of both middle-order batsmen are as follows:
Owais Shah was born on 22 October, 1978 in Karachi, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. He is a right-hand batsman and right-arm off break bowler.
He has played for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783, England Lions and Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Owais is a very composed batsman who has the ability to bat with perfection and delivers scores with style. He is a classic batsman who can play all the shots in the cricket books. Shah can play a solid and crafty innings in the longer version of the game,
as he plays well as a stroke player in the shorter format of the game. He started playing first class cricket in 1996 while he was a teenager, groomed his cricket for few seasons playing for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 before he was picked up for England in 2001. He has performed
brilliantly in T20 cricket where he carries an average of 30 plus which is considered to be above average in that sort of speedy cricket.
Shah made his debut in T20 cricket representing Middlesex against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 on 13
June, 2003 at Kennington Oval, London. He has played 97 matches, scored 2453 runs at a healthy average of 34.06 runs, best of 80 runs with 13 fifties. He has bowled in six innings and took four wickets at an average of 16.00 runs per wicket with his best
of 2 for 26 runs.
Owais will play an important role for his Kochi Tuskers Kerala side throughout the event with his perfect batting style.
Michael Hussey was born on 27 May, 1975 at Perth, Australia. He is a left-hand middle-order batsman who can bowl right-arm medium fast when required.
He has played for Australia, Western http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 and Chennai Super Kings.
Hussey is solid batsman and has the capability to take pressure on his shoulders whenever required. He can play defensive and attacking cricket as demanded and has won quite a few matches for the teams he represented. Hussey always acts as a man who can
handle a crisis for his team and a match winner by his solo performance on his day. He matured himself for nearly a decade in domestic cricket before he was picked to represent his National side and he never looked back. Hussey is a stylish left-hand batsman
who maintains a traditional batting style and is a treat to watch once he is at the crease.
Michael is an agile fielder, catches stick to his hands and he is regarded as the best gully fielder. He was unlucky to be away from the Australian team due to injury but joined the team mid-way through the ICC World Cup 2011. He came into the IPL with a
bang by thrashing a century in his first match.
Hussey made his debut in the T20 match playing for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 on 13
June, 2003 which his side won by a wicket and he contributed 67 runs.
He has played 47 matches, scored 1224 runs at an excellent average of 45.33 runs, the best of an unbeaten 116 runs with eight fifties.
Hussey is an asset for the Chennai Super Kings and the rival teams in the IPL are under stress until the time he is on the crease as they know he can take away the match from them single-handed.
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