Clydesdale Bank 40: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 set 54-run win over Netherlands
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 in the Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam on Thursday. Chasing Gloucestershire’s daunting 10 overs total of 122 for 3, Netherlands could muster only 68 runs in their allotted quota of 10 overs with the loss of six wickets.
Morning rain forced the 40 overs game to be reduced to a 10 overs maximum. Gloucestershire’s batsmen, after being put into bat faced the damp and cloudy conditions quite confidently as the side were able to amass an imposing 122 runs total. An opening stand of 44 runs from just three overs put Gloucestershire on its way to a competitive total that was well complimented by a half-century second wicket. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751’s captain William Porterfield compiled 46 runs from 26 balls plundering two boundaries and two sixes while James Franklin’s unbeaten 45 came off just 20 balls hitting three lofty sixes and two muscular boundaries. Mudassar Bukhari, Bernard Loots and Pieter Seelaar from the Netherland side shared one wicket each.
In reply, the Dutch batting line-up failed to face the opponent’s bowling attack with confidence. Only the wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 and Porterfield faced the Dutch bowling attack with confidence mauling Bukhari and Berend Westjidk with a flurry of sweetly timed boundaries and lofty sixes. First three overs of the day saw the opening pair grabbing 44 runs at a run rate exceeding 14 per over. Bowling change in the third over duly rewarded Netherlands as Loots sent Gidman back to the pavilion on the last ball. He scored 14 runs from seven balls that included a four and a six.
Gidman’s departure brought Franklin to the crease and in partnership with Porterfield; the pair played a succession of well timed boundaries to grab their side an imposing score. Both shared 55-run stand for the second wicket taking the side from 44 for 1 to 98 for 1. Pieter Seelaar broke the half-century partnership in the 8th over having Porterfield caught by Bukhari. Porterfield’s 26-ball innings earned 46 runs for Gloucestershire including two sixes and two boundaries. Taylor followed him the next over slashing Bukhari to Loots. His 4-ball six contained one four as well. Franklin and Snell took their side to a competitive total of 122 for 3 at the end of allotted 10 overs. Netherland’s run chase went off to a bad start as the side kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Only Barresi faced the opposition attack with confidence but with wickets clattering at the other end, he alone wasn’t enough to pass away the 54 runs defeat. At the end, the Dutch were still 54 runs behind the target with four wickets in hand. Jon Lewis claimed three scalps.
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