West Indies v Australia – 2nd ODI – Match Preview
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 and Australia are raring to lock horns in the second One-Day International of the five match series, which is to be played at the Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent on Sunday, March 18, 2012.
The Caribbean’s will be hoping to end their winless drought in ODI’s against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 during the 2006 season and since
then have failed to taste a win against them, suffering 13 straight defeats.
The West Indians lost the opening fixture of this series as well. The Caribbean’s have to muster all the confidence and go hard at the Aussies, if they want to end the losing streak.
West Indies are forced to play a depleted squad against Australia, as some of their key players are suffering from injuries. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johnson-Charles-c69060, Simmons replacement, was handed the ODI cap in the first match but he failed to make the most of his chance, however it is expected that he will be given another shot at Kangaroos.
Aussies are also facing fitness issues, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 will make his return in the Test series. Shane Watson, the interim skipper, has been doing
a very good job in Clarke’s absence and the team has barely missed their regular skipper.
The first game of the series was a low scoring fixture, with Australia defending 204 runs, the second game is at the same venue so bowlers will once again play a key role in deciding the fate of the two teams.
Team Form:
Australia are in great form, they recently won the CB series and have emerged victorious in three off their last five fixtures. The West Indies, in comparison have won just one.
Key Players:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 had a great start to his ODI career. The 29-year-old was the Man of the Match in his ODI debut and will look to repeat his earlier performance. However, the West Indian batsmen found it hard to tackle the spin of
Xavier Doherty and will be cautious of him this time around.
Dwayne Bravo is a world class all-rounder and on his day can decimate any opposition. Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo missed out in the first game but will look to make amends in the second.
West Indies (possible XI): 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382
(captain), 10 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758.
Australia (possible XI):
1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804.
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