Auckland v Somerset – Champions League Twenty20 – Match Recap
Auckland 125 v Somerset 126 - Somerset won by 4 wickets
Somerset gave an astounding performance in their fixture against Auckland Aces at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 in a Champions League Twenty20 match on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.
After winning the toss, Auckland who desperately needed a win in this match to stay in the tournament after being beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders a day earlier, chose to bat first in a bid to put a staggering total on the board to leave Somerset behind.
However, just like yesterday they had a poor start to their innings when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Trego-c2181 in the second over.
Somerset struck again on the penultimate delivery of the third over when batsman Robert Quiney was also left motionless in front of his stumps on a delivery bowled by the Somerset skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Thomas-c991. The batsman had scored only four runs before finding
his way back to the pavilion.
Somerset weren’t done yet as they grabbed another wicket in the next over when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Hildreth-c1647 off the bowling of Trego. At this point in time, Auckland had scored
just 14 runs for the loss of three wickets.
This was surely not the kind of a start the club from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lou-Vincent-c73143 on the crease who forged a hefty partnership
with fellow batsman/ skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GJ-Hopkins-c1490.
The two batsmen halted the bowling onslaught brought upon by the opposition which was the need of the hour as they not only retained wickets but also found the much needed boundaries.
The duo put together 49 runs in the fourth-wicket partnership, giving the crowd plenty to cheer about.
However, in the 10th over it was a remarkable throw by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arul-Suppiah-c1084 which struck the stumps preventing Hopkins from completing a run as he was run-out after smashing 22 runs off 22 deliveries in desperate times. At the time of his departure, the
side had managed to post 63 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets.
Meanwhile, it was Somerset’s moment to climb back in the game as the Auckland tail lacked the sting to counter a strong bowling attack, however, Vincent kept on batting with zeal and remained unbeaten after clobbering an innings of 47 runs off 47 deliveries
as he helped his side post a commendable score of 125 runs on the board.
Coming out to bat, Somerset knew that Auckland had a talented bowling arsenal, capable of ripping apart any defences on a given day.
It was after 22 runs that Somerset lost their first wicket when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766’s strike bowler Kyle Mills.
It was then in the ninth over when the batting side suffered their second loss as batsman Roelof http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Bates-c1947 after scoring 18 runs. At this time Somerset were still in the driving seat
as they had managed to post 52 runs for the loss of only two wickets.
However, in the last half of the game Auckland made things extremely difficult for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 which brought the match to be concluded on the final delivery where Auckland needed to restrict Somerset from scoring a run an effort that went in vain as Somerset
skipper Thomas smacked the last delivery in the gap as Somerset win the match by four wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steve-Snell-c2580 from Somerset was named as the Man of the Match for playing an emphatic knock of 34 runs off 24 deliveries in the depth of the innings.
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