England will be hoping for Kevin Pietersen to get his
team off to rollicking start against Scotland before they come up against
a tougher test in the form of South Africa in the upcoming five match England
South Africa one-day series. England have blown hot and cold big time in
recent months in test cricket while their plight has been nothing but poor in
one day matches against the best in world cricket. England have lost plentiful
of matches in recent years and this clash against Scotland may be their one chance
to experiment and find a proper line up for their upcoming matches.
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England come into this clash on the back of a depressive test series against South Africa.
The English outfit were ridiculously outplayed both on and off the field by an
inform South Africa team and the 2-1 score line is perhaps a biased reflection
of how one sided the series was. England's biggest weakness has been their inability
to maintain their Ashes winning squad of 2005. The likes of Michael Vaughan
and Simon Jones have struggled with injuries all throughout while Andrew
Flintoff has just recently ventured back into the international cricket scene.
However, England's biggest hope undoubtedly lies in the form of Kevin Pietersen.
While the rest of the team has only moved sideways, the South African born Hampshire
master batsman has taken on the initiative to become one of the very best in World
cricket and his current form makes him one of the finest players in world cricket.
In addition, the burden of captaincy will in probability make him a much-experienced
campaigner and it will be interesting to see how he performs as the man at the
helm of affairs. Scotland on the other hand have gone from
strength and strength over the past year and after putting up a decent show in
recently concluded ICC Intercontinental Cup, the Scottish outfit will be
hoping to take a big step towards moving into the elite league of international
cricket.. Ireland have benefited a lot from the participation of their players
in domestic competitions in England and will be hoping to use their resilient
bowling attack and in Gavin Hamilton, they have a player who could stake
for a place in the English ODI line up. A victory here for the Scots will give
them something to brag about for years and that is what they will aspire to do
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