http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751: SWOT analysis of West Indies’ bowlers – ICC World Cup 2011
The ICC World Cup 2011 is being played with full excitement and we have seen some good competitive matches among the top teams of the world. As the Group stage is winding down, the teams are fighting hard to put in their best performances and find a spot
in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Each game is more important than the last and it will be unwise to underestimate any opponent at this stage.
The West Indies is one team which has the potential of giving a good performance in the tournament and can reach the later part with ease. The team plays Ireland today and they will have an ideal opportunity of dismissing the Irish for a low total.
The following is the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats or SWOT analysis of the West Indian bowlers:
The West Indian team has some very good bowlers in their line-up, as they have more variety and experience than Ireland. Spinner Sulieman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Benn-c47745 will be the main strength of the West Indies’ bowling line-up and can make a huge difference in the starting overs
of the innings. He has taken 8 wickets in the tournament and has been bowling with a great deal of variety to the opening batsmen. Benn has the amazing ability to restrict and frustrate any batsmen.
He will prove quite a handful against Ireland and can easily take some important wickets during his spell. Benn bowls with a good bounce and this factor clearly provides him a good edge compared to the other spinners in the event. Depending on the pitch
conditions, Benn will manage to find some turn against Ireland.
The Irish openers have not been scoring many runs in recent times and this factor will provide an ideal opportunity for Benn to get them out for some low scores. The Irish batsmen do not have much experience in handling quality spinners and this will provide
another opportunity for Benn to make things difficult for the batsmen.
Darren Sammy is also bowling with a lot of discipline in the tournament and can provide an economical spell against Ireland. He has not been expensive in any of the three previous matches and will be quite motivated to halt the scoring rate in first 15 overs.
The Irish batsmen are not the perfect initiators of runs and a bowler like Sammy can easily place them in a defensive frame of mind. Kemar Roach is a right-arm fast bowler who will provide major strength for the West Indies and can take some vital wickets
in the starting overs of the innings. He will definitely complement Benn’s bowling at the beginning of the innings.
The middle-overs bowling has not been a perfect area for the West Indian’s, as different teams have managed to score some easy runs off their bowlers. Ireland has batsmen like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ed-Joyce-c1417 and Kevin O’Brien in their squad and they have a good tendency of hitting
major boundaries in their innings. The West Indian bowlers are still fresh after their convincing performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 and can easily carry their winning momentum against Ireland.
The main West Indian bowlers were simply awesome against Bangladesh and dismissed the whole side for a measly 58 runs. Ireland does not have a lot of notable batsmen in their line-up and this fact will provide the West Indian bowlers an ideal opportunity
of repeating their brilliant performance against Ireland and to polish their bowling for the important matches remaining in the tournament.
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