Clydesdale Bank 40: Gloucestershire V Worcestershire - Gidman brothers guide Gladiators to 109 run win - Match Update
An all-round outing by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Will-Gidman-c2793 helped Gloucestershire script a crushing 109-run victory over Worcestershire in a Group A Clydesdale Bank 40 match, at County Ground, New Road on Sunday June 10, 2012.
Gidman, the 27-year-old left-handed top-order batsman, scored his maiden limited-overs half century, 76 runs off 98 balls. He was well complemented by skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 with an audacious 59 in the middle overs as Gloucestershire amassed an imposing total
of 238 for 6 in their stipulated 40 overs.
The Buckinghamshire-born all-rounder later bagged figures of 2 for 10 from six overs, which went a long way in dismissing the opposition for 129 all out. Only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Cameron-c65525 (35 runs from 56 balls) resisted against Gloucestershire bowlers. The other notable
performances from the hosts were Gareth Andrew (23), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shaaiq-H-Choudhry-c89241 (16), while the rest of the batsmen fell for single digit scores.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Graham-Downton-c44379 Young all claimed two wickets apiece. Gidman was the most economical bowler as well, conceding just 10 runs in six overs, at an economy rate of less than 2 an over.
Earlier, the tourists, after opting to bat first, went off to a slow start losing opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Benny-Howell-c1147 inside nine overs, with 50 on the board. It was the Gidman brothers who underpinned Gloucestershire’s innings with contrasting half
centuries. While the younger Gidman played a painstaking 98-ball 76-run knock, the elder brother plundered two sixes and three fours in his 50-ball 59. With the skipper at the crease, the visitors scored 64 runs in the last seven overs, setting a challenging
target of 239 for the home side.
Jack Shantry led Worcestershire's bowling with figures of 4 for 37 in 7 overs, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daryl-Mitchell-c52533 claimed one wicket apiece.
This was Gloucestershire’s third victory of the season in five games and keeps alive their chances of qualifying for the CB 40 semi-finals. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 stand at number two with three
wins and a no result after six games, followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 find themselves fourth on the standings.
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