Derbyshire v Yorkshire: Friends Life T20 - Match Recap
Yorkshire marked their win against Derbyshire in the Friends Life T20 fixture at the County Ground, Derby, on Friday, July 15, 2011. After an impressive batting display by the Yorkshire top order, the team earned a massive 8-wicket win over Derbyshire.
The day/night game took off after Derbyshire won the toss and chose to bat. The team opened its batting session with top order pair, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885. In response, the Yorkshire bowling attack came out with Iain Wardlaw and English pacer, Tim
Bresnan.
In the opening minutes of the fixture, Derbyshire faced its first loss in the form of Durston’s wicket. The player was declared out on a Leg before Wicket appeal by Bresnan. Durston’s aggressive start to the innings came to a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 with just 10 runs in hand.
The next in order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 managed to contribute a minor score of 3 to the
total.
Guptill was then accompanied by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Lee-Madsen-c96356. The two Derby players managed to recover from the early losses and soared back into a steady partnership.
The team’s second wicket came in the 5th over of the innings, with a total score of 32.
By the end of the 3rd quarter of the Derbyshire session, Guptill and Madsen’s stable partnership was finally brought to an end by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rich-Pyrah-c2311.
Guptill was bowled out by the Yorkshire bowler. The batsman delivered an impressive performance on the crease but fell only 4 runs from securing a half century. In the same over Madsen (29) too had to take the long walk back.
Guptill and Madsen’s partnership added a fair 58 runs to the team’s total.
However, more trouble came for the Derbyshire after the team lost two consecutive wickets in the following over. The wickets (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729) were owned by Sanderson.
With another wicket falling in the 19th over of the innings, Derbyshire finally closed a sluggish session with a total of 127 runs on the board.
In response, the Yorkshire batting order came out with some solid retaliation. The team’s opening pair, featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johmari-Logtenberg-c67228 Sayers, provided a stable start.
The duo produced some aggressive batting till the first quarter of the innings. However, by the start of the 6th over, Gale made his way back to the pavilion.
The Yorkshire captain was declared out on a Leg before Wicket appeal by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Andrew-Whiteley-c86874. The player managed to add 30 runs to his team’s total.
Sayers was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Lyth-c922, who came in next.
With some impressive batting display by the pair, the two soared till the 13th over the day. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 lost its second and final wicket of the innings after Sayers was declared LBW off a delivery by Hughes.
The team eventually marked their win with 8 wickets remaining.
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