http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arul-Suppiah-c1084 thrives against India after his successful county week – Cricket News Update
Arul Suppiah, the all-rounder of Somerset, has stunned the world by scoring 145 not out on the first day of the 3-day practice match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, at County Ground, Taunton.
This is the second achievement of the player in a row after the ‘Cricket World County Player of The Week’ award, which he received last week for his marvellous bowling in the Friends Life T20 tournament.
Opening the innings with Andrew Struass, the Test skipper of England, yesterday, July 15, Suppiah started with a snail’s pace but went on to hit hard towards the end of the day. He hit 14 fours and 1 six to complete his 145-run knoch before the play closed.
On the first day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nicholas-Richard-Denis-Compton-c79429 fell after adding 78 and 88 respectively, to their sides total.
Indian pacers remained unimpressive, while the two wickets were taken by their spinners, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539.
Suppiah, who is a left-arm spinner and a right-handed batsman, proved yesterday that he could be as reliable and consistent with the bat as he had been with the ball during this season.
He grabbed 6 wickets for 5 runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784 in a South Group game last week.
Suppiah also broke the 6/14 record of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The 27-year-old spinner possesses a brilliant track record in the English County circuit. He has played 69 First Class, 73 List A and 65 T20 games so far with 41, 36 and 32 wickets respectively.
He is expected to score a double century in the ongoing match if he resumes the play on the second day with same momentum and form.
Some analysts argue that Suppiah’s runs can play an instrumental role in Somerset’s successs against India and this will give a phsychological edge to Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 over the tourists before the start of the 4-match Test series on July 21.
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