Clydesdale Bank 40: Middlesex vs Lancashire – Eoin Morgan’s heroics take Panthers home in one-sided affair – Match Update
Eoin Morgan and Paul Stirling struck blistering centuries as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 crushed Lancashire by 167 runs in a Group A Clydesdale Bank 40 match at Lord’s, London, on Sunday, June 10, 2012.
The struggling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 batsman, Eoin Morgan, played a pugnacious knock of 116 runs off just 54 balls while Paul Stirling scored 119 runs from 99 balls, as the hosts set a mammoth 40-overs total of 350 for 6.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 for just 183 in 35 overs. Paul Horton’s 46-ball 49 was the only saving grace for
the tourists, while the rest of the batting line up succumbed for scores inside 30.
After being put into bat by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200 set the stage for the Panthers with a second-wicket stand of 142 runs in 20 overs. Opener Denly holed out in the
24th over, slicing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AG-Prince-c949 at backward point. He scored 58 runs off 57 balls, laced with six boundaries and a six.
After Denly’s departure, a red hot http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 earlier this year, opened his account with a four off Keedy on the first ball.
He then flexed his muscles looting Ajmal Shehzad for a straight six in the next over.
Morgan reached three-digits in just 49 balls, the quickest century of the season, 17 balls less than the previous fastest by Durham's http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 last Sunday. The Dublin-born left-hander went on to score 116 runs from just
54 deliveries, before being caught by Croft off Keedy, in the 39th over.
In reply, the Lancashire Lightning never looked in a commanding position, as wickets kept clattering at regular intervals. The tourists were reeling at 55 for 5 in the 12th over, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Horton-c2167 and Ajmal Shehzad buckled down 50 runs for the
sixth-wicket partnership, to add some normalcy to Lancashire’s chase. Shahzad and Horton departed in a gap of five overs to leave the side 134 for 7 on the board. Horton’s 46-ball 49 was the only notable performance from the visiting batsmen. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Shahzad-c874
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SI-Mahmood-c2523 scored 29 runs each, while the rest of the line-up fell for scores inside 20.
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