Derbyshire beat Warwickshire by 33 runs: Friends Life T20 2011 - First Innings Recap
Derbyshire took a comfortable victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789 guided Derbyshire to 162 for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 20 overs. The opening batsman scored 64 runs for his side, which proved to be the highest of the match.
The hosts failed to give a solid fight to the opposition, as they were all-out for 129 in the 18th over of the innings. Stylish opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Chopra-c2745, was in impressive form and top scored the Warwickshire innings with 40 runs. However, the rest
of the batting was below par in the match.
Warwickshire’s captain, Jim Troughton, misread the conditions and opted to field first after winning the toss. He expected the batting to become easier in the second half of the innings, but it turned out to be the other way round.
Durston opened the innings alongside New Zealand’s star batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885. Both players batted exceptionally well, giving a flying start to the visitors. They put together 83 runs for the first wicket in just 8.2 overs.
The Kiwi player was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after contributing 38 runs to the total. He batted aggressively, getting his runs off jus 26 balls with the help of four fours and three massive sixes.
Derbyshire’s first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Lee-Madsen-c96356, who collected 12 runs off 10 balls before being dismissed.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Garry-Park-c1464 played steadily, trying to develop a partnership alongside Durston, who was batting with a lot of maturity. The pair put together 31 runs for the fourth wicket partnership before Park was dismissed. He scored 14 runs from 15 balls.
The fall of wickets from the other end didn’t bother the visitors’ opener, as he continued his impressive innings. He ended up with 64 runs from 58 deliveries, smashing seven boundaries.
Durston played until the end of the innings and got out off the very last ball. He anchored one end and allowed the other batsmen to attack from the other. This helped Derbyshire to reach 162/5 in their outing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Andrew-Whiteley-c86874 played a cameo innings of 15 runs from eight balls with the help of two boundaries and remained unbeaten.
Warwickshire’s bowler, Steffan Piolet, did a decent job, ending up with figures of 2/22 in his four-over spell.
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