Clydesdale Bank 40 Round Up
On the 25th of July, the Clydesdale Bank 40 saw Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784 winning their allotted matches for the day and as a result have added two points each.
In the first match of the day, Nottinghamshire defeated Durham by five wickets at Chester-le-street. Alex Hauls’ unbeaten 96 off 113 balls guided a successful run chase with 4.1 overs to spare. Earlier a disciplined bowling performance from the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426 shared two wickets each.
Hampshire on the other hand set a nerve jangling 2-run victory over Kent despite a remarkable unbeaten hundred from opener Joe Denly. At a tricky St. Lawrence track, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802’s innings at 236 for 4.
Warwickshire set-up a 25-run victory over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Hoggard-c1926, after winning the toss offered Jim Troughton to bat first. Warwickshire led by Neil Carter (101 off 93) set an imposing 40-over total of 272 for 8. In reply, a disciplined bowling from the Warwickshire bowlers restricted the opposition to 247 for 6 in their allotted 40 overs.
24-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacques-Rudolph-c1619 guided a successful run chase with eight wickets in hand and three overs to spare.
A superb half-century from Ravi Bopara took Essex to a nine-wicket win against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 chase the 199 target with the loss of just one wicket with plenty of overs to spare.
Half centuries from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 was all out for 209 in 35.5 overs.
In a thrilling match at Kidderminster, Unicorns sealed a three-wicket victory over Worcestershire with just two balls to spare. Chasing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866’s 277 for seven, Kent reached their target in 19.4 overs with three wickets intact.
Glamorgan clinched a last over 3-wicket win over Sussex at Swansea. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852’s chances of qualifying for the semi-finals of the tournament.
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