CLT20 2011 - Kolkata Knight Riders v Somerset – Qualifying Pool A Match – First Innings Recap
Somerset has set a competitive total of 166 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders to chase in a Champions League T20 match being played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
Both sides remained unchanged for the match. Somerset skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692, was disappointed by losing the toss
as he was hoping to bat first as well.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iqbal-Abdulla-c1596 shared the new ball.
Somerset showed aggressive intent from the start. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 was the assailant in the beginning and was taking the game to the bowlers. In first three overs the visitors were scoring at nine runs an over.
Jones' (14) innings was short lived as the experience of Lee prevailed in the fourth over. The pacer backed his skills by bowling a slower delivery, which the batsman misjudged, playing early, and ended up giving an easy catch
to wicket-keeper Manvinder Bisla.
Roelof http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe came out to bat at number three. The South African looked busy from the start and was keen on rotating the strike while scoring a boundary every now and then. Trego, on the other hand, was sneaking runs without
grabbing much attention.
By the end of power plays, Somerset had scored 47 for the loss of one wicket. KKR employed spin from both ends in anticipation for a wicket. However, it did not click for the Indian club as Merwe and Trego were seemingly unstoppable.
Both batsmen went after the spin of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 and scored 17 runs off him in the 10th over. At the half way stage Somerset were 82 for the loss of one wicket.
Merwe was going berserk and it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaidev-Unadkat-c1626 who finally taped him on the first ball of 13th over. The South African got out 10 runs short of what would have been a magnificent half-century.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Peter-Hewitt-c66001 of Merwe, while Trego was looking to carry the bat. Hildreth smacked back to back boundaries in Abdulla’s over, while Trego avoided a scare to reach to his half-century in the
15th over.
With 120 runs on the board and five overs to go, the stage was set for the onslaught from the English club. Though Trego lost his partner at the other end, the batsman remained calm and smashed 11 runs off the 16th over.
Nick Compton came in as a replacement for Hildreth. The incoming batsman played a cameo of 20 runs from just 10 deliveries and got out in the 19th over.
Trego, who top scored with 70 runs, could not carry his bat as the batsman got out on the last delivery of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843’s innings.
Though KKR managed to pull things back to some extent, but despite their best efforts, Somerset posted 166 runs for the loss of six wickets.
KKR required 167 runs to win the match, while a total of 153 would also see them through to CLT20 play-offs.
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