Pakistan vs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760: A SWOT analysis of the batting orders - Part 2 – ICC World Cup 2011
The stars of West Indies’ batting include Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shivnarine-Chanderpaul-c90073 and Dwayne Bravo.
Gayle is a left-handed opening batsman with vast experience in the field. Being a tall and athletic player, he loves to carve through the covers. He possesses a calm personality but plays with lots of intensity and aggression. Gayle’s responsibility and
sensibility is evident from the fact that he has never been seen smiling on the crease. He is in good form, as he has formed some decent innings in the tournament, such as 80 against the Netherlands and 37 not out against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
His only weak point is edging, which leads to him getting caught. The Pakistani spinners like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Rehman-c41625 and Muhammad Hafeez may pose a threat to him.
Gayle’s opening partner Smith is also a left-hander with some extremely classy batting skills that make him an aggressive player. He comfortably plays boundaries to the off-side, as he opens the innings with Gayle. Smith usually goes on to build up a good
partnership and contribute match-winning runs. He is doing well in this tournament, as he has scored 36 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751. Smith has an average temperament to play spinners, as he is likely
to beat the Pakistani pace bowlers. However, if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 gives the new ball to the spinners, he may get frustrated and make a mistake.
The one-down Caribbean right-hand batsman, Bravo, enjoys playing elegant cover drives. Being an all-rounder, he knows how to handle the bowlers, as he has the responsibility to build up a long innings, after the opening pair breaks down. He has been a decent
performer during this tournament with 73 runs against South Africa and 30 against the Netherlands. In two innings, he had a mediocre performance. His dominant fault line is a low resistance to leg before. The Pakistani pace attack will help him in scoring
many runs.
Sarwan and Chanderpaul are two brilliant back-up players in the middle-overs. Chanderpaul is an aggressive and blatant batsman, as Sarwan strives to play meticulously. Sarwan is doing well but Chanderpaul is experiencing a slight dip in his performance during
this tournament. On numerous occasions, Chanderpaul has to open the innings with Smith when Gayle gets out early.
The Caribbean batsmen are some of the world’s finest. Almost all of them are consistent and extremely talented. It is evident from the fact that the West Indies was the top scoring team of this tournament before their two consecutive defeats. If, as it is
expected, Chanderpaul and Gayle do not play, the Pakistani bowlers have the ability to tear apart the Windies’ batting line-up.
It will be an exciting game, as both teams will be trying hard to win, but most of the analysts and critics argue that Pakistan is likely to have the upper hand over the Windies. This is due to the bad performance by the Windies in their recent group matches
against England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. Though Pakistan is in good form, they will have to make some crucial changes in the batting order, especially in the opening set up that seems to be in a serious slump.
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