Clydesdale Bank 40: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 defeat Leicestershire
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094’s unbeaten half century bagged Hampshire a two-wicket victory over Leicestershire in a rain interrupted Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on Tuesday, August 17. Chasing Leicestershire’s 176 for 8, Neil McKenzie’s unbeaten 51 off 62 took Hampshire home with 13 balls to spare and 8 wickets to spare.
The floodlit 40 overs play was restricted to 35 overs after rain stopped play during the first half of the game. Leicestershire, batting first after winning the toss, were 33 for 2 after the passage of 8 overs when heavy showers stopped the game. When play resumed, the Duckworth http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lewis-c72807 calculations restricted the match to a maximum 35 overs.
In the allotted 35 overs, the visitors amassed a total of 176 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Jacques Du Toit was the top scorer with 45 runs off 62 followed by skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rose-c86842 Bowl.
With moisture in the air, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696’ throw while taking a needless run.
Heavy showers stopped the game after the first ball of ninth over was bowled with Leicester 33 for 2 on the board. The rain forced the game to be reduced to 35 overs maximum. The visitors were further dented when Greg Smith spooned an easy catch to Neil McKenzie off Dominic Cork soon after the game was resumed. Smith left the crease without scoring even a single run.
At 33 for 3, Leicestershire was desperate for a big partnership and that was the time when skipper Matthew Boyce came to the crease and in partnership with Jacques Du Toit, the duo played a string of sweetly-timed shots to drag the side towards a respectable total. The hosts had to wait for the next 18 overs for another success. A flurry of sweet boundaries calmed their nerves. In the 22nd over, Boyce and Benning brought the hundred up for the visitors.
The partnership was worth 71 when Hamza Riazuddin broke it, having the fluent opener Jacques Du Toit caught by Chris Wood. Du Toit’s 62-ball innings added 45 runs to the team’s total plundering three muscular boundaries. The next over saw Matthew Boyce losing his wicket after the skipper mistimed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danny-Briggs-c1315. Boyce earned the visitors 37 runs from 49 deliveries including two boundaries as well.
Wayne White and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Wood-c1254. The next three wickets could only earn the side 40 runs from six overs as Leicestershire’s 35-overs innings finished with 176 for 8 on the board.
Hampshire’s run chase went off to a shaky start and soon the side was reeling at 45 for 3. The revival was led by experienced Neil McKenzie who remained at the crease until the hosts chased 176 on a wide bowled by Nadeem Malik. Malik claimed four scalps but his efforts went in vain as the target set by the batting line-up was not a difficult one.
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