SWOT analysis of New Zealand’s bowling line-up
The ICC World Cup 2011 has started and every country seems quite focused in performing well at the start of this mega tournament. The World Cup is entering into a stage where important matches of the competition will be played and we might see some huge
clashes within the next few days. The western teams have to play with a different frame of mind and they would have to quickly adjust themselves to the conditions of Subcontinent.
New Zealand would be playing their second match of the tournament against Australia and this time they will be facing a much tougher competition than their previous one. If we consider the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats or SWOT analysis of
New Zealand’s bowling than we would see that they have a pretty decent bowling attack against Australia.
There are number of strengths of the New Zealand bowling line-up and most of their bowlers would be in a good position to give a decent fight to the Australian batting squad. Bowlers like Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee and James Franklin can easily give a decent
fight to the Australian batsmen.
Southee, who has been bowling quite well in recent times, could easily dismiss the Australian batsmen in the early overs, as he has a good tendency of moving the ball in the starting over’s and can bowl an effective swing. Vettori will be another strength
of the New Zealand bowling line-up, as he has the ability of controlling the flow of runs in the middle over’s.
Vettori can easily bowl on any type of surface and can use his spin variety with a lot of effectiveness against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. Franklin and Scott Styris are the other options in medium-pace bowling, as they also have a strong ability of making things tight
for the Australian middle-order batsmen. Nathan McCullum is also another good option for the Kiwi’s, as he has a tendency of bowling some effective spin in different phases of the match.
There are not many “weaknesses” of New Zealand’s bowling, and most of their bowling aspects are covered in the match. They will be playing against the Australian’s, so there is a chance that their bowlers might become a bit expensive during their spells
in the middle-overs.
New Zealand does not have a genuine spinner in their side and apart from Vettori they do not have a bowler who can be labelled as a specialist spinner of the side. Though, they do have bowlers like Nathan McCullum in their side, but he is more of a batsman
rather than a bowler.
Australia has a strong middle-order and could easily take advantage of this weakness during the match. The Kiwi’s have some good bowlers in their side, but a spinner is quite essential for exploiting the conditions of the Subcontinent in a better way. The
team also does not have a genuine fast-bowler who can easily complement Southee in the opening spells.
New Zealand’s bowlers will have an ideal ‘opportunity’ of dismissing the Australian side for a low total in their innings, as the team did not have a good start to the tournament, struggling to beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045. Southee and Vettori are genuine pressure builders
in their bowling line-up and if they can bowl some decent over’s, than it will certainly provoke the Aussies to take irrational risks in their batting.
The Kiwi bowlers can also target batsman like Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 and can exploit his weak areas during their spells. There would be some genuine “threats” for the bowlers in the match against Australia and they will have to be quite precise in their approach
and technique. Bowlers like Franklin, Styris and Jacob Oram are genuine medium-pacers and there is a huge chance that they might not be that effective under comfortable batting conditions.
The Australian batsmen will be looking to come in their full batting form and can score some easy runs off the medium-pace bowlers of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754. Overall, New Zealand will have to be quite disciplined in order to create a good impact on the Australian batsmen.
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