Australia’s Michael Hussey and India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364: two dynamic players - ICC World Cup 2011
The importance of middle-order batting cannot be denied, as they take the burden of a sinking boat by bringing it back to the shore. They have to perform when the top-order collapses or consolidate once a solid foundation has been laid down by the front-line
batsmen.
Michael Hussey has risen to the occasion quite a few times for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, as he also has the quality to perform with the ball
as well. A comparative analysis of both these players in One Day Internationals and in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011 is as follows.
Michael Hussey is a left-hand batsman and can bowl right-arm medium fast if required. He has played for Australian and English county cricket. Hussey is supposed to be a man of crisis for Australia, with the capability of cementing one end and scoring according
to the situation. He is an excellent fielder and the batsmen feel hesitant going for runs once the ball moves towards him.
He consolidated his batting for nearly a decade appearing in the domestic cricket before he was picked up for the national side. Hussey likes to craft his inning as he walks in to bat, consolidates and accelerates at top gear once settled down.
Hussey made his debut in the ODI in 2004 against India at Perth, which Australia won by 5 wickets. He has played 154 matches and scored 4535 runs at an excellent average of 51.53 runs, his best is an unbeaten 109 runs with two centuries and 34 fifties.
He has appeared in 14 World Cup matches and scored 153 runs at an average of 21.85 runs with the best of 54 runs.
Hussey has yet to come out of his shell in the World Cup and the average achieved in such a competition does not reflect his credentials. Australia will anticipate some match winning innings from him in the ongoing event and it is quite possible he can come
up with one in the quarter-final against India.
Yuvraj Singh is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, who is a prominent member of the Indian side. He is an attacking batsman that has the ability to swing the match within a short period of time. Yuvraj has appeared in all three forms of cricket,
but is known to be a more useful player for the shorter versions of cricket. He suffered a knee injury in 2006 which kept him out cricket for a while, but returned to the fields soon after recovery.
He has developed into a useful spinner and has taken quite a few wickets when required. Yuvraj is performing from the front during this tournament both with the ball and the bat and was declared ‘Player of the Match’ in three encounters out of six played.
Yuvraj made his debut in ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 in 2000 and has played 271 matches, scored 7973 runs at an average of 37.43 runs and his best is 139 runs with 13 centuries and 48 fifties. He has taken 103 wickets at an average of 37.96 runs per wicket with the
best of 5 for 31 runs.
He has appeared in 20 World Cup matches, scored 660 runs at an excellent average of 50.76 runs with his best of 113 runs with 6 fifties. Yuvraj has taken 14 wickets at an average of 22.28 runs per wicket with the best of 5 for 31 runs.
Yuvraj is at his best in the ongoing tournament and India will expect the same contribution from him against the Australian side.
India and Australia will be facing each other in the quarter-final of the ICC World Cup 2011 at Ahmedabad today, which will be a hard fought battle, as the winner will qualify for the semi-final and the loser will go home.
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