Pakistan vs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760: SWOT analysis of Pakistan’s bowlers – ICC World Cup 2011
Pakistan is ready to face the West Indies in their crucial quarter-final match in the ICC World Cup 2011 on 23 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Both teams are looking to put in a winning performance, as this is the knock-out stage and
the winner advances in the tournament and the loser is going home.
The quarter-finals cannot be taken lightly by either team, as any weak area can result in a massive loss. Pakistan is one team which has played exceptionally well in the competition and has lost only one match in the competition. Pakistan played brilliantly
to defeat Australia in the group match and will be quite pumped up to deliver an even better performance against the West Indians in the quarter-finals.
Pakistan has some impressive bowlers in their line-up, which have the ability to give a tough time to the West Indian batsmen. A SWOT analysis of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s bowling is as follows:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 will definitely be the main strength of the Pakistani line-up and has the potential to tear apart the West Indian batting. He has been bowling well in the tournament and so far he is the highest wicket taker in the World Cup.
The West Indian batsmen have a tendency of struggling against some quality spinner and can be forced into playing some rash shots. Afridi has the ability of bowling a consistent line on the off side and can take wickets during different phases of the innings.
He can easily take another four or five wicket haul in the tournament and easily halt the scoring rate for the West Indian batsmen.
Batsmen like Darren Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan have the tendency of going after the spinners and can end up playing some uppish shots off Afridi’s lofted deliveries. Afridi has been bowling a good line in the tournament and can fool the batsmen to play some
silly shots on the point region. The West Indian batsmen are not patient players of spin bowling and an economical spell by Afridi can easily halt them from playing in their natural style.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c2722 is another bowler within the Pakistani line-up and has the ability of bowling a good spell in the early overs. He has been bowling well in the competition and has remained quite economical, as he does not allow the batsmen to make easy runs. Gul
has bowled a tidy spell in the tournament and has not given much room to the batsmen to score boundaries.
The West Indies batsmen are not that technical in their approach and a good line by Gul can make a batsman like Devon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90600 to play some risky shots in their innings. If Gul is successful in bowling a tidy spell in the early overs, than it can easily put
the West Indian batsmen in a defensive frame of mind and can halt them from building a good foundation in the first 20 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 is another bowler to watch out for against West Indies and has the potential to bowl some testing spin during the middle overs. The fifth bowler can pose some issues for the Pakistani bowlers and there is a chance that the West Indian batsmen
might score some handy runs off them. The West Indian batsmen have shown a lot of vulnerability in their batting, but there are still some impressive hard hitters within their line-up, that have the ability to score some handy runs off a bowler like Mohammad
Hafeez.
Some loose overs by these bowlers can easily tempt the West Indian batsmen to hit some major boundaries during the middle-overs. The West Indies has not shown command over the better teams in the competition and this will give an ideal opportunity to the
Pakistani bowlers to dismiss them for a low total during their innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and he will be in a good position to repeat his tremendous performance and take some crucial wickets against the vulnerable
batting line-up of the West Indies.
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