Technically correct batsmen can favour England in quarter-final against Sri Lanka
The quarter-finals stages of the ICC World Cup 2011 have finally arrived and in the coming days some good competition among the top teams of the world will be witnessed. Such is the height of enthusiasm of cricket that all the teams are totally focused in
delivering their best in the quarter-finals and want to bring a lot of smiles on the faces of their fans.
The first quarter-final was a one sided event in which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750
which held their nerves and managed to win the match in the end.
England will play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the fourth quarter-final today in Colombo and the hope is to see a good contest between these two comparatively “even” teams of the tournament. The question is how the English side will approach the quarter-finals against the
Sri Lankan’s. England is one side which has not performed well in the tournament and they are the only “sufferers” who were involved in the two upsets of the tournament.
The factor that will work heavily in favour of England in Colombo will be their technically correct batsmen. England’s batsmen have been struggling against quality bowlers in the tournament and these were the same batsmen that gave a low score of 171 to
the South Africans in the group stages. This case is different, as it is a quarter-final and any team that can hold their nerves for long will be in a good position to win the match in the end.
The batting will play a crucial role in the quarter-final and the batsmen will have to be “technically correct” in their approach in this important contest of the tournament. This is where English batsmen can use their “school cricket” skills to their level
best and can pose some issues for the Sri Lankan bowlers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 is blessed with some strong technical batsmen in their line-up and these have the capacity to play some old fashioned cricket in their innings. The ideal batsman understands the conditions in a perfect manner and adapts himself according to these
conditions.
This is where the English batsmen will have to learn from their mistakes of the group stages and they will have to focus more on their technique rather than hard hitting. England has got some technically correct batsmen like Andrew Strauss, Jonathan Trott
and Ian Bell in their line-up and these players have the ability to contribute some major knocks on the Colombo wicket.
These batsmen should play the initial balls with a defensive approach for some overs and then start with more freedom and aggression in their innings. The Colombo wicket becomes very batting friendly after a certain amount of time and it will be an ideal
opportunity for the English batsmen to play with patience in the match.
England’s batsmen should learn the harsh lessons from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and India’s quarter-final in which the Australian batsmen were in a confused state of mind as to play with a defensive approach against the Indian spinners or whether they should attack them
in their innings.
This confusion did not prove fruitful for the Australian batsmen, as they did not pick the line of the spinners quickly and were not successful in managing a consistent flow of runs in their innings.
Steadiness, patience and a good batting technique will play a major role for the English batsmen in learning the temperament required on Colombo’s wicket. This will further help their batsmen to play with a lot of freedom and to build a good foundation at
the depth-overs. Overall, England should stick to the basic batting technique in order to stay at the crease and provide as many runs as possible against the Sri Lankans.
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