Durham v Northamptonshire: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, August 21, 2011.
The hosts batted first and posted 247 runs on the board for the loss of 7 wickets. The top scorer of the innings was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Willey-c1342, who collected 57 runs at the top of the order.
In reply, Durham did not have any problems while chasing the target down. Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phil-Mustard-c2183 scored an unbeaten 139 runs, guiding his side to an eight-wicket win.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824, opted to bat first after winning the toss. The pitch was very good for batting, as it was hard and dry. This allowed both sides to score runs freely.
Northamptonshire’s start was a very good one, as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Wakely-c988 and Willey collected 115 runs at the top of the order. They got out after collecting 55 and 57 runs respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-James-Boyd-Moss-c86323 Newton and Rob White put together 60 runs for the fourth wicket partnership, guiding the team into a very good position.
Newton was dismissed after contributing 49 runs to the total with the help of a couple of fours and one six. He was followed by White, who managed 38 runs in his impressive knock.
The hosts lost way towards the end of the innings and ended up with 247/7. They were troubled by England’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PD-Collingwood-c2173, who picked up a couple of wickets for Durham.
The visitors had to work hard in order to chase down 248 runs for victory. They were given a solid start by openers Mustard and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Stoneman-c1910, who gathered 78 runs at the top of the order.
The latter was unable to make most of the start he got to his innings, getting dismissed for 27 runs off 25 balls with the help of four boundaries. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Stokes-c1142, who also played a cameo of 28 from 23.
The fall of wicket did not stop the Durham players from playing attacking cricket. Collingwood had walked out in the middle to join Mustard and the pair hammered the opposition’s bowlers to all parts of the park.
Mustard remained unbeaten on 139 with the help of 13 fours and 7 thunderous sixes. He got excellent support from Collingwood, who also played an impressive innings of 38 runs.
The third wicket partnership of 111 runs for Durham guided the team to 251/2 in 30.2 overs.
Northamptonshire’s skipper Hall picked up one wicket in the match, but failed to restrict the opposition from winning the match.
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