http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 eager to lead the attack against West Indies – Cricket News Update
England’s strike bowler Steven Finn has expressed his keenness to set the tone for his team’s upcoming Super Eights match against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 2012, as he looks to claim early wickets in order to put the opposition on
the back foot.
Having made it to the Super Eights stage off the tournament, the Poms have been placed in Group 1, and will be playing their first match against the West Indies on September 27 at Pallekele. With belligerent hard-hitter http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 opening for the Windies,
England will be looking to dislodge him early on, and the responsibility will naturally fall on Finn.
Acknowledging that the West Indies are a dangerous team in the T20 format, Finn stressed the need for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to go into the game “ready to hit them hard” – a task which he acknowledged fell on his shoulders, as the team’s opening bowler.
“As an opening bowler I have to set the tone for the team ... I haven't been brilliant at doing that in the games we've played so far in the tournament, and I'm looking to get better again,” Finn said.
“It's my job up front ... to get them out early on,” he added. “I relish that opportunity. It's great that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 entrusts me with that new ball.”
With 66 wickets from 16 Tests, 40 wickets from 25 Tests, and 15 scalps from 10 T20Is, Finn has cemented his spot as the team’s front-line pacer, particularly in the shorter formats of the game.
While he has claimed a few early wickets during the ongoing World T20 however, the 23-year-old has not managed to make any significant dents in the opposition’s batting order early into the innings. During the match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 he dismissed Mohammad
Shahzad in the first over, and claimed the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 in the 3rd over while playing against India.
However, the lanky right-armer will be looking to make full use of the new ball and come out in full force against the West Indies, as the competition gets tougher. The match against the West Indies will determine whether England have moved on from their
devastating loss against India, and Finn was quick to underline the importance of claiming regular wickets in the T20 format, in order to keep the opposition in line.
“... wickets peg you back in Twenty20 cricket. We experienced that the other night when the constant flow of wickets really did peg us back,” Finn said, referring to the complete batting order collapse England underwent at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in their final
group A match, which the Poms went on to lose in a record 90-run defeat, after being bowled for 80.
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