Centuries from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Darren-Wells-c73269 and Murray Goodwin put Yorkshire on the back foot
Sussex were in control of the County Championship Division One match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The hosts reached 295 for the loss of just two wickets, courtesy brilliant centuries from Luke Wells and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murray-Goodwin-c2040 on day-one of play on Sunday, May 29th, 2011.
Yorkshire’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039, misjudged the pitch at the toss, as he elected to field first after winning it. He expected the bowlers to get some assistance from the wicket and take some early wickets, but things went totally awry for the visitors as
the Sussex batsmen took control of the match.
There was some movement off the pitch with the new ball, but not enough to trouble the batsmen. However, the home team’s opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Nash-c1247, failed to make most of the batting friendly conditions and was sent back to the pavilion after adding just 16 runs
to the total. He was undone by an in-dipping delivery from, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Shahzad-c874, wrapping him on the pads in front of the stumps.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joe-Gatting-c1710, walked out in the middle. He didn’t look comfortable at the crease and got dismissed for nine runs.
With two wickets down for 78 runs, the home team looked in a spot of bother. However, former Zimbabwean batsman, Murray Goodwin, gave good support to the team’s opener and the pair put the opposition on the back foot.
They put together 217 runs for the third wicket, taking the game away from Yorkshire. The visitors seemed helpless, as their bowlers failed to dismiss the batsmen.
At http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 one when he comes out to bat on the second day of play.
On the other hand, Goodwin showed his class and completed his century. He was not-out on 108 from 219 deliveries when the day was called off by the umpires. The seasoned Zimbabwean has more than 20,000 runs in first-class cricket and used all his experience
to hurt the Yorkshire bowlers.
Both Wells and Goodwin will look to extend their first innings total to as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 as possible in order to pressurise the opposition. Sussex will be looking to bat just once in the match, but they will have to make most of the solid platform laid by their top-order
batsmen.
There was some grass on the pitch, but the Yorkshire bowlers didn’t get much support from it. Shahzad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Andrew-Patterson-c91273 took one wicket apiece in the day and the rest of the bowlers remained wicket-less.
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