After the battle of spinners now it’s time for the best hitters in cricket’s short format to come to the field. On 05 Oct 12 Australia and West Indies will be playing the second semi final match of the 2012 Twenty-20 (T-20) World Championship. The teams will be confronting each other at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (one of the biggest cricket stadium in Sri Lanka).
West Indies is from Group 1 and Australia from Group 2 team of Super Eight stage who has made it to the semi finals. For Australia, it will be a chance to get into the finals for the second time in succession. It will be the “Battle of best hitters”. Chris Gayle from West Indies and Shane Watson from Australia.
Chris Gayle has so far hit 10 sixes in five matches and on his day can tear apart any bowling attack in the world. On the other hand, Shane Watson is the leading run-getter and wicket-taker in the tournament so far. Watson has won four man of the match award in five matches whereas Chris Gayle has power of turning the match at any point with his fierce power hitting batting. Players like Marlon Samuels from West Indies and Mike Hussey from Australian team also played magnificently in the innings.
The biggest weak link for Australia is the match time for their middle order batsmen. The only time they got chance to showcase their batting is against Pakistan where they failed miserably. On the other hand, West Indian team’s pace attack is little substandard in quality compared to Australia. The team which plays better on that day will win.
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