Quarter final Analysis: Australia vs India cricket teams in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
by admin on March 22, 2011
in Team records in ICC Cricket World Cups, World cup 2011
World Cup win/loss record of Australia vs India:
- Total matches played: 9
- Australia cricket team won: 7
- India cricket team won: 2
One day international win/loss record of Australian cricket team against India:
- Total matches played: 104
- Australia cricket team won: 61
- India cricket team won: 35
- No result: 8
Australia cricket team will be playing against India cricket team in the 2nd quarter-final of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup at Ahmadabad, India. Australia had a solid start beating Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Kenya, Canada and the match with Sri Lanka was abandonment due to rain. But they lost to Pakistan and their 34-ubneaten victory streak ended. On the other hand, India easily won its matches against Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands, and West Indies but tied with England and lost to South Africa. Following things should be kept in mind about the Quarter final between Australia and Indian cricket teams in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Batting Strength and Weakness:
Australian cricket team has a strong batting line up but has weaknesses when its comes to play spinners in the subcontinent. This was particularly seen in the last group match of Australia against Pakistan where Australian batsmen failed to bat against Pakistan spinners. India cricket team has a different story to tell, they have got world’s finest batting line up. They have good starts in every group match but their middle-order has collapsed many times in this tournament. They have lost their last 5 wickets in 2 matches on just 30 runs.
Bowling Strength and Weakness:
Australia cricket team’s bowling strength is their fast bowlers which comprise of stars like Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and Shane Watson. Unfortunately, Australians have no striker spinner in their bowling line up. Indian cricket team has an advantage over Australia cricket team in a sense that they have balanced bowling line up in the shape of medium pacers and striker spinners. Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan is the leading wicket taker for India in the 2011 ICC Cricket world cup. Harbhajan Singh alongwith Yuvraj Singh and Piyush Chawla are the key spin bowlers of India who have taken wickets for India at crucial moments.
Conclusion:
Indian cricket team has been successful in both types of situations i.e., defending the target and chasing the target but Australia cricket team has not yet chased any target in this world cup which might create problems for them if they are asked to field first. Both teams are giants of cricket world, so we should expect a thriller match from these teams.
Popular/Best Cricket players: Australia-Mitchell Johnson
by admin on February 21, 2011
in Famous cricket players profiles
The Left arm pace bowler from Australia is a trump card for Australian cricket squad for the world cup 2011. Mitchell Johnson has played 89 matches so far and has taken 135 wickets in ODIs. His wicket taking average is 26.39 which is impressive. Johnson has taken 4 wickets in an innings 4 times and twice he has been able to take 5 wickets in a match.
Mitchell Johnson played his first ODI from Australia in 2005 against New Zealand cricket team. Since then, Johnson has been a key bowler in the Australian bowling squad. He is a fast bowler who takes advantage of the awkward angle due to his left arm bowling and his supportive bowling action.
While playing in India, Johnson has taken 28 wickets in 15 matches at a good average which ensures him to be a good addition to the Australian cricket world cup 2011 squad. Although Mitchell Johnson was a part of the 2007 cricket world cup squad for Australia, still he wasn’t able to play in any match due to the presence of great bowling line up including Lee, McGrath and Bracken. Though his economy rate is high, still he is a good choice for ODI games due to his very fast pace and his ability to take wickets at the right time to turn the game around.
Australian cricket team squad for World Cup 2011
by admin on January 18, 2011
in Australia, Cricket team squads for 2011 ICC World Cup, World cup 2011
In 2011 ICC World Cup, Australia is the defending champions and they are so looking to claim it again. The performance of Australian cricket team experienced jolts as they have lost many of their talented players due to injuries. For this very reason, Australian cricket team hasn’t won any tournament in the past four years. However due to the avid determination, the Australian cricket team recovered to beat India in India and England in England. Due to their staunch players, Australian cricket team is considered the unpredictable predator for the opponents. The 2011 ICC World Cup squad of Australian cricket team is:
1) Ricky Ponting (Captain)
2) Michael Clarke (VC)
3) Doug Bollinger
4) Brad Haddin (wkt)
5) John Hastings
6) Nathan Hauritz
7) David Hussey
8) Mike Hussey
9) Mitchell Johnson
10) Brett Lee
11) Time Paine (wkt)
12) Steve Smith
13) Shaun Tait
14) Shane Watson
15) Cameron White
Top ten left arm bowlers of all times
by admin on December 21, 2010
in Top 10 bowlers
Although it is hard to crunch the list of bowlers in top ten left arm bowlers but here the big names of left arm bowlers of all times:
Waseem Akram (Pakistan): With a classy bowling style, He is considered to be the greatest left-arm fast bowler who have graced cricket by his miraculous bowling. he played for Pakistan during 1984-2003.
Alan Davidson (Australia): An outstanding left arm fast medium bowler from Australia who played during the1950s and 1960s.
Chaminda Vaas (Srilanka): He is left arm swing bowler. Probably the best bowler Srilanka has ever produced in fast medium bowling style.
Mitchell Johnson (Australia): An excellent bowler. His achievements include International Cricket Council’s 2009 “Cricketer of the Year” award and the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
Zaheer Khan (India): A vanguard of Indian bowling attack with brilliant bowling skills.
Irfan Pathan (India): A promising fast bowler, recently suffering from fitness problems
Doug Bollinger (Australia): a left-arm fast bowler with superb bowling figures . He is also rendering his serves for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Wayne Parnell (South Africa): Wayne Parnell has been performing well in recent times. He has also won the golden ball in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 for taking 11 wickets which is the highest in the tournament.
Ashish Nehra (India): A good bowler but inconsistent due to back to back injuries.
James Franklin (New Zealand): He is one of only two New Zealand bowlers who have recorded a hat-trick in Test cricket.
Current Top Five Bowlers of Cricket
by admin on February 14, 2010
in General Information about Cricket
Best spinners in current cricket history
Cricket is sporting event of bat and ball that can be played with the team. In order to be a part of a team, one needs to have an ability of either bowling or batting or wicket-keeping. There are two teams that plays the game and one of them can bat at a time and another team can bowl and field at the same time. One of the bowling styles in world cricket is ‘spin bowling’ where bowler actually spins the ball after bouncing it on the turf and delivers to the batsman. Let us look at some of the best spin bowlers in world cricket.
1. Muttiah Muralitharan is one of the all time best spin bowlers with more than seven-hundred (700) test wickets in one hundred and twenty odd matches. He has an ability to spin the bowl by great margin.
2. Daniel Vettori: A gem of a spin bowler who is also leading the New Zealand cricket team at the moment. He has taken lots of wickets with his left-arm spin bowling.
3. Harbhajan Singh: One of the best spinners of Indian team who heads the Indian spin bowling department to take crucial wickets at the required time.
4. Danish Kaneria: A Pakistani spin bowler who bowls the leg-spin deliveries and in the recent past, Pakistan team has relied heavily on his capabilities to win the test matches.
5. Paul Harris: One of the top spin bowlers from South Africa who has provided crucial breakthroughs to South African team when it required the most.