Cricket Update: Clydesdale Bank 40- http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784 by 39 runs (D/L method)
Duckworth-Lewis method, which is in the sport of cricket, a mathematical way to calculate the target score for the team batting in a match interrupted by weather or other circumstances, handed Surrey 39 runs victory over Glamorgan in a Group A clash of Clydesdale Bank 40 at Kensington, Oval on Wednesday, 4th August.
Chasing Surrey’s par-for-the-course 38 overs total of 386 for three Glamorgan was 21 for 1 after 4.3 overs, when heavy showers stopped the game. A revised target of 227 from 20 overs was set as per the Duckworth-Lewis method but Glamorgan could plunder only 187 in the allotted 20 overs losing five wickets.
Surrey captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Batty-c1456 took the charge claiming three scalps while Chris Tremlett and Jade Dernbach took one apiece.
From Glamorgan, opener Mark Cosgrove was the leading run scorer with 88 off 55 followed by captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Dalrymple-c1658’s 54 runs from 23 balls but it was not enough to pass away 39 runs defeat in the end.
Heavy rain showers in the morning delayed the game and forced the match to be reduced to 38 overs. After winning the toss, Glamorgan skipper Jamie Dalrymple took the same decision as any other captain would have under overcast conditions - that is field first. However, it was not Glamorgan’s day as the side failed to capitalize bowler friendly conditions of the damp weather. Surrey flexed their muscles in front of an adoring crowd, as the explosive opening combination featuring the captain Rory Hamilton-Brown and the wicketkeeper batsman Steve Davies posted a strong foundation of 190 runs from 19 overs.
On the second ball of 20th over, Mark Cosgrove earned Glamorgan a breakthrough when he sent back the wicketkeeper Steve Davies having caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huw-Waters-c1565. Davies – at a strike rate of 139.68 - scored 88 runs after facing just 63 balls. His 80 minutes stay at crease saw him hitting the ball through the boundary line for at least 8 times along with two huge sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-Cosker-c1350 sacked the fluent captain of Glamorgan having caught him by David Brown. Brown scored 115 runs from just 69 balls. During 115 runs knock, he entertained the crowd with 12 boundaries and five sixes.
Hamilton-Brown’s departure brought Matthew Spriegel to the crease and in partnership with Mark Ramprakash, the pair played a spell of sweetly-timed shots taking http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 towards an imposing total of 386 for three at the end of allotted 38 overs. Both Ramprakash and Spriegel played a partnership of 142 runs from 14 overs for the fourth wicket stand. Ramprakash’s 85 from 46 contained 10 boundaries and two lofty sixes, while Spriegel amassed 56 runs from 39 balls hitting seven boundaries.
Glamorgan got off to a shaky start losing first wicket in the fifth over with not many on the board. Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Croft-c2344 was the man to lose wicket after scoring only 2 runs from 10 balls. Soon after Croft’s dismissal, rain stopped the match with Glamorgan 21 for 1 from 4.3 overs. When the game was resumed, Glamorgan was given a revised target of 227 from 20 overs but the side could amass only 187 runs in the allotted 20 overs with five wickets still intact. Gareth Batty played a key role in restricting the opposition to 187 taking three wickets from 4 overs.
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