Essex v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Match Recap
Essex defeated Lancashire by 6 wickets and just 2 balls remaining in a match of the Clydesdale Bank 40 at the Old Trafford, Manchester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, August 14, 2011.
The hosts had batted first in the match, collecting a solid total of 257 runs for the loss of four wickets in their allotted 40 overs. Seasoned campaigner Karl Brown ended up being the top scorer of the innings with an unbeaten 101 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 also played well during the run chase, reaching the target in 39.4 overs of the innings. Opening batsman Mark Pettini top scored the match with a superb knock of 104 runs.
Earlier, the visitors’ captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Foster-c1644 decided to field first after winning the toss. He expected the pitch to improve for batting with the passage of time. Although conditions remained same for both teams throughout, the decision proved to be a good
one in the end.
Lancashire’s start was not an ideal one, as the team lost opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Smith-c2704 early. He was dismissed on the first ball of the third over after adding just 1 run to the total.
The home team’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583 also failed to make an impression and was the next wicket to fall in the innings. He collected 14 runs off 28 balls in his short stay at the wicket.
However, the innings was held together by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Moore-c2572 and Brown. The pair batted with a lot of maturity, scoring 84 runs for the third wicket partnership. The former got out after contributing 69 runs to the total from 67 balls with the help of seven fours
and one massive six.
The only other wicket to fall in the innings was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Cross-c1459 put together an unbeaten 119 runs for the fifth wicket, guiding the team into a solid position.
Brown scored 101 runs off 86 deliveries, smashing 10 fours and one six whereas Cross ended up with 58 from 51.
Essex’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 picked up a couple of wickets in the match.
The team lost one wicket early, but an 88-run stand between Pettini and Bopara set the game for the visitors nicely. The latter got out after scoring 39 runs.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 and Pettini took the game away from the opposition with a solid third wicket partnership of 111 runs. They scored 75 and 104 in their respective outings.
Although the match went until the last over, Essex prevailed by 6 wickets in the end. The opposition’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Keedy-c58524 picked up a couple of wickets in the match.
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