Durham win a thriller against Leicestershire: Friends Life Twenty20 – First Innings Report
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Sunday, June 26, 2011.
The hosts scored 187 runs in their allotted 20 overs, courtesy a sensational batting performance from their opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499. He top scored the match with 64 runs.
Leicestershire fought back well and came http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 by three runs in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302, who is the skipper of Durham, decided to bat first after winning the toss for his side. The pitch was excellent for batting and the toss didn’t matter much. The conditions were extremely good for cricket and a high scoring game was expected.
Wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phil-Mustard-c2183 and Muchall walked out in the middle to open the innings for Durham. They gave a solid start to their side, scoring 44 runs for the first wicket partnership.
Both batsmen played aggressive cricket and put the opposition on the back foot from the very first over of the innings.
Mustard got out after collecting 25 runs off 19 balls, with the help of four boundaries. He was looking to attack the bowlers and would have been pleased with his reasonable outing in the game.
England’s all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569, was promoted at the top of the order, as he walked out to bat at number three. He made his intentions clear to the opposition by playing aggressive cricket from the start.
The veteran player smashed 25 runs off 11 deliveries with the help of three fours and one massive six. He was involved in a solid 35-run stand for the second wicket partnership with Muchall.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lawson-Miller-c53037 also played well, scoring 18 runs off 13 balls with the help of three fours. The team’s skipper walked out in the middle after the fall of the third wicket in the innings. He played well, giving solid support to Muchall and the pair managed
45 quick runs for the fourth wicket.
Benkenstein got out after a cameo innings of 23 runs from 15 balls with the help of two fours and one six.
However, Muchall played until the end, collecting 64 runs off 50 balls. He struck eight fours in his well paced knock and was dismissed in the final over of the innings in an attempt to stretch the total closer to 200.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Breese-c1458 remained unbeaten in the end with 15 runs off 11 deliveries, smashing a couple of boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harry-Frederick-Gurney-c61806 bowled well for the visitors, as he picked up a couple of wickets and didn’t give away too many runs in his four-over spell.
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