CLT20 2011: Somerset v Warriors – Match Recap
Somerset 146 v Warriors 134 - Somerset won by 12 runs
Somerset cemented a place in the semi-final of the ongoing Champions League T20 after beating rivals Warriors by 12 runs on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Knowing that this match was vital to reach the next phase, Somerset after winning the toss chose to bat first in a bid to post enough runs on the board against a tough rival to give their bowlers a realistic chance of winning the game.
However, Warriors struck on the penultimate delivery of the first over when they dismissed opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LL-Tsotsobe-c1842.
With one wicket down, without a run on the board this was certainly a disastrous start for Somerset, nonetheless, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe crafted a stupendous second-wicket partnership of 48 runs as the batsmen clobbered the opposition all around the park.
It was then in the sixth over when Warriors struck again, as Merwe was caught by 26-year-old Rusty Theron off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JJ-Smuts-c1701. The batsman found his way back to the pavilion after smashing 32 runs off 16 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610 in the 12th over. At the time of his departure, Somerset had managed to post 75 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets.
However, Somerset prevented Warriors from dominating the game as 21-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 attack as the bowlers were taken aback by the batting onslaught that had been unleashed by Somerset.
Buttler was then removed in the 19th over when after smacking 30 runs off 23 deliveries, the batsman was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nicky-Boje-c2105 at deep midwicket off the bowling of Theron.
In the end, Somerset managed to post 146 runs on the board with Kieswetter unbeaten on 56 runs off 52 deliveries.
Coming out to bat, Warriors desperately needed a win and had batsmen talented enough to reach the target.
However, their batting line-up was annihilated by some phenomenal bowling from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 who prevented the Warriors from scoring freely.
It was on the penultimate delivery of the fourth over, when Somerset struck by grabbing the wicket of Warriors opener A Prince who after scoring 10 runs off eight deliveries was sent back to the pavilion. At the time of his departure, Warriors had posted only 30 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket.
From the South African club, JJ Smuts and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Colin-Alexander-Ingram-c51381 were the most successful batsmen after scoring 38 and 31 runs as the Warriors could only bolster 134 runs.
Somerset captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cape-Cobras-c776.
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