A high scoring game between Cumberland and Buckinghamshire ended in a draw: Minor Counties Championship 2011
The Minor Counties Championship 2011 match between Cumberland and Buckinghamshire ended in a draw, at the Furness Park, Barrow-in-Furness, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
The hosts gave a target of 327, but Buckinghamshire batsmen failed to achieve it, as they didn’t have too many overs left on the final day’s play.
However, they managed 209 runs for the loss of four wickets, before the play was called off by the umpires.
Cumberland’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472smen and the bowlers didn’t find any assistance off the wicket.
The start to the Cumberland’s innings was a sensational one, as openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Samuel-Miles-c69189 batted superbly. They piled up a solid partnership of 177 runs for the first wicket before the latter got out. He made the most of the good batting conditions though, scoring 77 runs for his team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of a century.
Pratt also batted brilliantly, scoring 62 quick runs, but the lower-order of the home team struggled to perform as wickets kept on falling at regular intervals.
However, the team still managed to post 388 runs in their first innings, which was a respectable total in a three-day game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vikram-Banerjee-c95263 had to work hard for his wickets, but got rewarded for his consistent line and length, picking up four batsmen in the end.
The visitors were given a decent start by their openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamza-Taj-c61387 and Leigh Tomlinson, who scored 49 runs for the first wicket partnership. The latter failed to capitalise though, as he was sent back to the pavilion after adding 20 runs to the total.
Taj was joined by Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Payne-c81269 in the middle and the pair batted with a lot of maturity. They collected 111 runs for the second wicket partnership. They were batting on 76 and 50 respectively when the innings was declared on 160 for one.
The lone wicket to fall in the Buckinghamshire’s innings was taken by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Evan-Thompson-c50782.
The home team’s openers were solid yet again in their second outing and guided their team’s total to 98 in just 14 overs. The innings was declared and Miles was the top scorer with 53 runs.
Buckinghamshire got a good start once again by Taj, who ended up with 91 runs, but the match resulted in a draw, as the visitors reached 209 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Williams-c51030 picked up two wickets in the innings, but his effort went in vain.
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