Andrew McDonald’s thunderous ton rescued http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 from trouble
Andrew McDonald’s ton saved the day for Leicestershire in a match of the County Championship Division Two against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The visitors were bowled out for 313 in their first innings on the first day’s play on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, but things could have been worse for them without a brave innings from McDonald.
Northamptonshire also came out to bat for 12 overs in the last session and reached 32 runs without a wicket. They still trail by 281 runs to the first innings total of the hosts, with three full days of play left in the match.
The pitch in Northampton appeared to be a good one for the batsmen and the visitors’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Hoggard-c1926, elected to bat first after winning the toss.
He would have expected a decent show by his batsmen, but things didn’t go exactly as planned for the visitors.
The start to the innings was terrible for Derbyshire, as they lost three quick wickets for just 15 runs on the board.
Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Alexander-Simson-Taylor-c65427, who only managed three and four runs respectively in the innings.
The innings was then stabilised by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Andrew-Golding-Boyce-c75105 and McDonald, as the pair put together 71 runs for the fourth wicket partnership.
Boyce took his time to settle down, but was unable to carry onto the start he got to his innings and was dismissed after scoring 26 runs.
However, a 118-run stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of a fifty.
The Aussie all-rounder, McDonald, didn’t lose his focus from the game and continued to play in his aggressive manner. The right-handed player was a part of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but didn’t get too many opportunities to prove
his mettle to the franchise.
However, he didn’t miss out against Northamptonshire and scored a blistering 164 off just 140 balls. The innings included 26 fours and two thunderous sixes before McDonald’s assault finally came to an end.
Cameos of 27 and 23 from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Claude-William-Henderson-c51164 guided the Derbyshire’s total above 300.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lucas-c1332, who grabbed three wickets in the innings.
Northamptonshire’s openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Howgego-c1136, remained unbeaten on 26 and six runs respectively, before the day was called off by the umpires.
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