Clydesdale Bank 40: Warwickshire seals seven-wicket win over Scotland
Warwickshire set up a seven-wicket win over Scotland in their Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at Titwood in Glasgow on Sunday. With a brilliant bowling performance and fielding, the hosts were rolled over for 95 runs in the 30th over of the game. In reply, Darren Maddy’s 43 from 53 balls took the team home in just 21 overs with seven wickets still intact.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parker-c80761 as leading run scorer with an unbeaten 22. The visitors did not take mach time to get the required 96 runs as the run-chase was completed in just 21 overs with the loss of only 3 wickets.
Scottish captain Gordon Drummond, after winning the toss decided to bat first. With an opening stand of 29 runs between the opening duo of Fraser Watts and Preston Mommsen from five overs, the start of the innings was not as disastrous as the end of the innings. In the sixth over, Chris Woakes earned his side a breakthrough when he trapped Watts on the pads with a full delivery on the off stump. Watts scored 12 runs off 17 balls where his 21 minutes stay at the crease saw only one boundary in the total of four hit by Scotland. A ball later, Woakes struck back as he sent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 back to the pavilion before the batsman could open his account. Bailey was also trapped on his pads and the umpire took no time to declare the end for the batsman.
Richie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Berrington-c47840 and Preston Mommsen added five runs to the teams total before Berrington departed in the ninth over after giving an edge to wicketkeeper Richard Johnson off the bowling of Neil Carter. The departing batsman scored only one run from 4 balls. Scotland was further dented in the 12th over when 21-year old Chris Woakes sent opening batsman Preston Mommsen back to the pavilion after Keith Barker caught him in the slips with not many on the board. Mommsen’s 19 off 43 deliveries was the second highest individual score in the Scottish innings. During his 45 minutes stay at the crease, Mommsen also plundered a lone boundary.
The fifth wicket partnership between Gavin Hamilton and Matthew Parker could earn the side only eight runs. The 44th over saw Hamilton departing from the crease in the 17th over after nicking Boyd Rankin’s ball to wicketkeeper Richard Johnson. Scotland’s wicketkeeper batsman Dougie Lockhart could add only one run to the scorecard before he was trapped lbw by Ant Botha leaving Scotland at 51 for 6 on the board.
Matthew Parker and Majid Haq earned the side 11 more runs for the seventh wicket stand. Haq was also trapped lbw by Ant Botha in the 22nd over. He could score only five runs from 16 deliveries. Captain Gordon Drummond added six more runs to the team’s total before he was caught by Chris Woakes off Imran Tahir, leaving the side struggling at 73 for 8. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Goudie-c60365, playing at No. 10 was also trapped lbw by Imran Tahir in his next over.
Matthew Parker and Ross Lyons added 17 runs to the scorecard. The final wicket partnership also included the lone six of the innings smashed by Lyons, taking Scotland to the final total of 95 runs in the 30th over. Lyons scored 8 off 12 before he mistimed Rankin to Botha.
The below par score of 95 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Barker-c47300 and Jim Troughton scored 12 and 28 respectively. Darren Maddy remained unbeaten at 43 as he took Warwickshire over the line at the end of the 22nd over.
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