http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Argentina-c2841 v Suriname - ICC Americas Region Division One Twenty20 - Match Recap
Argentina 83 (19/20 ov) v Suriname 87/5 (19.0/20 ov) - Suriname won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
In the ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Suriname-c3013, in a thrilling clash, beat Argentina by five wickets after successfully chasing a total of 83 runs at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf
Ground, Lauderhill, Florida, on July 22, 2011.
After winning the toss, the Argentinean captain, Esteban Alfredo MacDermott, chose to bat first in a bid to avoid a run chase in case of rain in the later part of the day. However, the openers once again failed to give a solid start as both the batsmen lost
their wickets cheaply against the Suriname bowling arsenal.
In the second over, the 29-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanjay-Oemraw-c88605.
In the same over, number three batsman Benjamin Precious, who was caught by Vishaul Angad Singh, found his way back to the dressing room without scoring a run.
After posting just 11 runs on the board, Argentina suffered another loss in the seventh over when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hernan-Williams-c63093 was adjudged leg-before-wicket off a delivery by Troy Anthony Dudnath. The batsman scored 7 runs off 14 deliveries before walking back
to the pavilion.
Middle-order batsman, Gary http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Scholes-Savage-c68692, then crafted an innings of 14 runs off 34 deliveries to help his side recover from the early blow, as he stood defiant against the Suriname bowlers. The batsman lost his wicket after helping his side reach a tally
of 48 runs in 14 overs. He was caught by Vishwar Shaw off the bowling of Sauid Ahmid Drepaul.
The Argentinean batting failed to bolster any commendable partnerships, the 41-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Donald-Forrester-c54391 became the highest scorer from his side by smacking 15 runs off 20 deliveries.
After playing a knock of 14 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alejo-Tissera-c43099, was clean bowled by off spinner Mohindra Boodram. Later the bowler proved extremely fatal for the Argentineans as he nabbed five wickets by the end of the first innings, in his two overs.
With 84 runs in their sights, the Suriname batsmen knew that they had a very good chance of winning the game and all they needed was to keep wickets in hand and avoid taking too many risks.
However, Argentina struck early as they grabbed the wicket of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Deoraj-Shakti-Sewanan-c53705 in the third over, when the tally on the board was just eight runs. Nonetheless, the bowling attack of Argentina was not potent enough to halt Suriname from reaching
the target, even after taking five wickets.
From Suriname, all-rounder Arun Kamesh Gokoel was the highest scorer as he smacked 36 runs by staying not-out and he cruised his side to victory.
Boodram was named as the Man of the Match for his astounding performance with the ball, followed by a 19-run knock with the bat.
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