Danny Briggs and Abdul Razzaq lead Hampshire into English county T20 final
Danny Briggs disciplined bowling performance well complimented by Abdul Razzaq’s showings with the bat earned http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rose-c86842 Bowl, Southampton home ground.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094 and Michael Carberry ensured victory for their team on the second ball of the final over.
After winning the toss, Hampshire skipper Dominic Cork placed Essex in for bat favoring his bowlers on a damp wicket in dull and gloomy conditions. The explosive opening pair of Essex featuring Mark Pettini and Alastair Cook faced the overcast conditions and the host attack quite confidently sharing a half-century opening partnership. Though the opening over bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Wood-c1254 through the mid-on for a boundary. Pettini’s assault was well supported by Alastair Cook hitting three muscular boundaries and two lofty sixes.
Their partnership was worth 79 when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308 broke it off on the fifth ball of ninth over by having Cook caught at fine leg. Cook scored 38 runs from 22 balls plundering three fours and two sixes. Ravi Bopara, who replaced Cook as the second opener, followed him the next over. Bopara - who has scored the most runs for the Essex in the 2010 Friends Provident T20 – could score only two runs before giving an edge to Michael Bates off Danny Briggs. Briggs struck back in his next over when he sent ten Doeschate back to pavilion. Doeschate could score only one run from four deliveries.
Pettini, in the meanwhile, cruised to his half-century but failed to capitalize on it and lost his wicket to Briggs. Pettini’s 43-ball 55 contained seven muscular boundaries across the turf. Dwayne Bravo squandered his wicket needlessly after getting a run out on Chris Wood’s direct hit. Matt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Foster-c1644 added 24 runs to the scorecard for the sixth wicket partnership. Captain James Foster departed on the first ball of 18th over after slashing Daniel Christain to Dominic Cork. Foster’s 11-ball innings earned him 15 runs including three boundaries. The next two over’s added 21 runs to the team’s total at the cost of Matt Walker’s wicket as the visitors amassed a competitive but gettable 156 for 7.
Hampshire’s run chase went off to a steady start with the openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sean-Ervine-c2471 scored 34 and 21 apiece. Neil Mckenzie and Michael Carberry shared an unbroken 30 runs partnership as the hosts clinched six wickets victory over Essex making it through the final of this season’s Friends Provident T20.
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