Denmark wins European Championship Division One Twenty20 Series - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Denmark-c2884 wrapped up the European Championship Division One Twenty20 (T20) Series, after defeating the Italians by 6 wickets in the tournament final, at FB Fields, St Clement, on Sunday, July 24, 2011.
The decider began with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hayden-Peter-Patrizi-c62075, who made his exit on a disappointing duck.
However, with one down player, Damian Cowley, coming in to aid http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Northcote-c44540, the pair managed to produce some decent batting, adding swift runs to the total.
The pair was finally parted in the 8th over with Crowley being caught out off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alessandro-Bonora-c43102, too made their exit a few more overs into the innings.
The manner continued for the Italians in the following successive overs after the dominating Denmark pacers steamrolled the batting line up till the final wicket.
With the close of the opening session, the Italians finally wrapped up their innings with a disappointing total of 83 runs, after losing all players.
In response, the confident Danes took to the chase with a slow opening. However, in an early instance, the side suffered a swift blow to the top batting order, losing three consecutive wickets in three successive overs.
The side was; however, again revived, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rizwan-Tariq-Mahmood-c85497 and Aftab Ahmad took charge of the crease, earning some quick runs for the side.
The middle order pair finally managed to cover up the mark with the opening of the 19th over. With 6 wickets remaining, Denmark finally marked its eventual win of the tournament, securing the top spot on the competition.
Mahmood remained not out at 31 while Ahmed too retained his stumps with a fair sum of 24 runs.
The final win came as the 5th triumph for the Danes, after securing 4 win from their 5 Group B matches.
On the whole, Denmark performed superbly throughout the tournament. Their run of victories was only marred by one defeat, at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Belgium-c2850. However, Denmark emerged as the eventual title holders in the end.
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