SWOT analysis: New Zealand and Sri Lankan batsmen - Part 2 - ICC World Cup 2011
The New Zealand batting side includes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-c74834 Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor.
Guptill and McCullum are the two dynamic openers of New Zealand, as both have a good understanding and form an exquisite partnership. The right-hand Guptill is a master of short-arm pull shots. He is a hard hitting and striking player, as he has contributed
39 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752, 86 against Zimbabwe and 57 against Pakistan. Guptill’s weak point is his aggressive play that can cause him to get caught at the first slip or by the third man. Lasith Malinga’s destructive bowling may get him out early in the innings, but
if he survives, expect a large score from him.
McCullum is a wicket-keeper batsman with abundant and skilled experience behind the stumps that helps him while batting. He plays comfortably at both on and off sides of the wicket. McCullum’s over aggression can quickly become his weakness, as in an effort
to play hard strokes, he is often clean bowled. That is why he has just three centuries in 189 One Day Internationals. In this tournament, he has scored 101 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045. McCullum is unlikely to pass through the devastating deliveries
of Malinga, but the spinners will the ones that he goes after.
Ryder and Taylor are two important New Zealand batsmen. Both are responsible and talented who have the ability to build up the innings in the middle-overs. Taylor, who is captaining the team from the injured Daniel Vettori, is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367 talent with marvelous
game sense and techniques. He enjoys going after the bowlers to play leg side shots. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915’s weak point is that he relies more on chances than his capabilities, as he often loses his concentration and manages to play a silly shot. After scoring 131 off 124
balls against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, he is in good spirits and full of confidence. Taylor has the ability to cause some heavy damage to the Lankan pace bowling attack.
Ryder is also a striking left-hand batsman, as he has an average of 35.28 in ODIs. The Kiwis often use him as their reliable trump card. Though he has been out of the crease in some of the important innings of this tournament for one reason or the other,
but he is likely to stage a come-back against the Sri Lankans. Ryder will have the ability to show off his inherent batting skills to help his side amass a big score and achieve another stunning victory. He must be careful not to repeat the mistake, which
he often does, of playing aerial shots. Ryder has the skill and confidence to comfortably play the pace bowlers.
Having analysed the strengths and weaknesses of some of the key batsmen of the two teams, it is obvious that both sides are equally strong and passionate. Both possess world class batsmen who have the skill and temperament to change the tide of a game on
any given day.
This match will be more important for Sri Lanka than for the Kiwis, as both the teams are well-equipped and mentally prepared to test their skills before plunging into the knockout stages of the tournament. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 has seven.
It makes no difference which side wins or which loses, as both have qualified for the quarter-final rounds.
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