http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Francis-Hughes-c50563 ton put Derbyshire on top
Chesney Hughes’ ton guided Derbyshire into a strong position against Surrey in a match of the County Championship Division Two, at the County Ground, Derby in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The hosts ended day one of the four-day game at 375 for the loss of seven wickets on Sunday,
May 29, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brown-c48671, decided to bowl first after winning the toss. There was a bit of a cloud cover over the field, which suggested that the seam bowlers might get some assistance of the pitch. The decision proved to be a correct one, as
the hosts lost a couple of early wickets in the day.
Derbyshire’s openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885, were unable to cope with the swing and seam movement of the new ball. Madsen, who had been in terrific form in the season, was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after
adding just one run to the total.
The Kiwi player was the next wicket to fall and the hosts were struggling at 16 for two. Guptill looked to attack the bowlers and hit one six as well, but failed to make a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 impression and was dismissed for nine runs off 10 balls.
The fall of two quick wickets brought Hughes in the middle alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789. The pair batted with responsibility, guiding their team out of trouble. They put together 91 runs for the third wicket, guiding the team’s total above 100.
However, Durston missed out on a half-century and was dismissed after scoring 47 runs. He played well though, hitting the loose balls to the boundary and rotating the strike to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Surrey looked in control of the match with the fall of the third wicket, but the momentum was yet again shifted towards Derbyshire, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dan-Redfern-c1306 and Hughes scored a century stand.
The pair collected 144 runs for the fourth wicket, taking the game away from the visitors. Redfern took his time to settle down and played a steady innings of 55 runs, before being dismissed.
The next wicket to fall in the Derbyshire innings was Hughes, who played a brilliant knock. The 20-year-old left-hander looked solid at the crease and ended up with 124 runs in the day. He smashed 15 fours and one six in his innings and didn’t play any rash
stroke.
Two more wickets fell in the day in the Derbyshire innings, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Philip-Steffan-Jones-c82166, ending the day on a positive
note. Both players will start the second day of play on 39 and 25 respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timothy-Edward-Linley-c94001 took maximum advantage of the conditions, as he picked up four wickets in the day for Surrey and will be eying a five for.
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