South Africa v West Indies: Both teams ready to start their World Cup campaign
South Africa is going to take on the West Indies tomorrow in the first crunch match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at Feroz Shah Kotla, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 has always been a force to reckon with in international cricket, but they have never qualified for the final of cricket’s premier tournament. The current event provides them with a great opportunity to remove the ‘chokers’ tag that has been
attached to them, following their failure to qualify for the final of a World Cup, despite three semi-final appearances.
Meanwhile, West Indies has been twice crowned as the World Champions but they have faced a huge decline since the past decade.
Proteas are definitely going to start as the clear favourites of the match because of their recent performances in the limited overs format of the game. South Africa are a brilliant all-round unit and equally good in all departments of the game. South African
batting has a beautiful blend of aggressors and players who can play the role of sheet-anchors. Graeme Smith, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 have the ability to give their team enough momentum in limited overs cricket, whereas the likes of Jacques Kallis and
Hashim Amla can bat through the majority of the overs in an innings.
South African bowling is considered one of the best in the business; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193
Tahir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427 in the spin department.
West Indies cricket has been plagued with all kinds of controversies, both on-field and off the field. Chris Gayle was removed as the captain of the side after he and Dwayne Bravo refused to sign the central contract with the West Indies Cricket Board. On
top of that, West Indies has performed poorly in international cricket since the last couple of years. However any team in this World Cup would make a mistake to under-estimate West Indies because they have some genuine match-winners in their lineup.
Chris Gayle would have to play a big part if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 are to do well in this tournament. He is one of the most destructive batsmen of the modern era who can change the complexion of a match very quickly. Darren Sammy and Otis Gibson would be relying on
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Barath-c42094 has been ruled out of the mega event due to a hamstring injury.
West Indian bowling seems to be its weak link; Darren Sammy would definitely miss the services of injured fast bowlers Fidel Edwards, Jerome http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 and Darren Powell.
Because of their reliance on individual brilliance, cricket analysts are not giving a lot of chance to West Indies in this tournament, but they can upset any major team on a given day.
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