http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 v Australia: 1st Test Match – Australia batsmen to watch out for
Following a colourful performance in the recently concluded Twenty20 (T20) and One Day International (ODI) competitions from the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s tour to Sri Lanka, both the contenders are now set to lock horns in the opening Test match of the upcoming
series.
The 5-day bout is scheduled to be played at the Galle International Stadium, Galle, on Wednesday, August 31, 2011.
The Australian visitors seem all geared up for the upcoming fixture since marking a win would serve as a significant comeback for the tourists, especially under the format, since their recent down sliding performance following the last Ashes series.
For the matter, the team would now rest its reliance on the batsmen to deliver a competitive knock at the crease, posting some big numbers against the able Sri Lankan bowlers.
Australia’s potent batsmen for the scheduled game include Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson, and Michael Hussey.
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Test skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, opens up the roster for the much talented Australian batsmen who are expected to come out with some significant performances at the crease.
Following the much intensive overhauling on the Australian squad, Clarke took on a down sliding team and now embarks on a run that may earn Australia’s eventual comeback to the format after many seasons of disappointing performances. Hence, for the matter,
many would expect Clarke to deliver his usual with the bat on the upcoming bout.
As a veteran as well as one of the most important batsmen on the team, Clarke premiered his Test career at Bangalore in 2004, against the Indian hosts. As a middle-order player, Clarke delivered a remarkable opening performance on the fixture scoring a superb
knock worth 151 runs.
The player’s fruitful profile holds 69 Test matches with 4742 runs at an impressive average of 46.49.
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When it comes to batsmen, Ricky Ponting surely comes in as one of the best in the world, as well as in the history of the sport. The 36-year-old top order player comes in the most experienced batsman on the Australian squad.
Ponting’s Test career took off in 1995 at Perth, against the Sri Lankan tourists, where the batter scored his first ever International knock worth 95 runs.
With a flourishing cricketing career spanning over a decade, Ponting has played for Australia in 152 matches with a mammoth tally of 12363 runs at an exceptional average of 53.51.
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Shane Watson may pose to be a definite threat for the Sri Lankan bowlers since the Australian star is known for adding a little aggressive touch to the Test format, which comes primarily from the player’s ability to whack some big numbers for the team.
The 30-year-old made his Test debut in 2005 against the Pakistani visitors and since then has added a total of 27 games to his profile, earning a fair total of 1953 runs.
Michael Hussey
Following in Watson’s footsteps, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, comes in as another potential troublemaker for the Lankans.
Making his Test debut in late 2005 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, Hussey served his team in 59 matches scoring a total bag of 4650 runs including an impressive highest performance of 195 runs.
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