Guernsey v Norway – European Championship Division One Group A Twenty 20 - Match Recap
In the European Championship Division One Group A clash, Guernsey thrashed Norway by 10 wickets, at the King George V Sports Ground, Castle, on July 19, 2011.
It was an utterly embarrassing performance by the Norwegian side, which was totally outplayed by their opponents with both, bat and ball.
Having put in to bat by Guernsey skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-E-Le-Prevost-c91448, Norway could not even complete their full quota of overs as they were bundled out on 57.
The rout started with opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Shahbaz-Butt-c77314 being the first casualty. He could only manage 4 before being cleaned up by Jamie Nussbaumer.
The Guernsey bowlers were ruthless, giving nothing away to the batters in an exemplary bowling display.
Nussbaumer, grabbed his second and third of the innings, removing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zeeshan-Ali-c98580, for a duck. Both went in much the same manner as Butt, with the stumps microphone crackling.
Wickets continued to fall like nine pins. The next to head back to pavilion was Mofassar Saeed, trapped by a good delivery off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jeremy-David-John-Frith-c66866. He, likewise his skipper, failed to trouble the scorer.
At the other end, Guernsey spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kristoffer-B-Moherndl-c71778 took a good catch, leaving the visitors at 21 for the loss of five wickets.
Frith then got his second wicket of the match, where he got rid of Ali http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saleem-c88077, one of the two batters who managed to reach double figures. After making 10, he edged to wicket-keeper Tom Kimber , with more than half of the side watching from the dugout.
The seventh wicket fell at the score of 36 as Babar Shahzad had to depart. Frith and Kimber then collaborated to remove http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faisal-Qureshi-c56730, the third player to be dismissed on a duck.
Tim Ravenscroft was the last to claim a scalp as he dismissed Mossa Rashid, with Frith taking an easy catch.
The visitors managed to pass the 50-run mark with the help of innings’ top scorer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Waheed-c41420, who remained unbeaten on 11.
With the last wicket falling courtesy a run-out, it left the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Norway-c2974 team ending on a sluggish 57 all out.
When Guernsey openers, Ravenscroft and Ross Kneller, came out to bat, they had no such problem as they blazed to the target in 7 overs.
Both players looked fluent, with Ravenscroft making 31 off 21, using six boundaries, while his partner made 25, which included 5 fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Guernsey-c40999 made 60 for no loss in 7.1 overs, inflicting a huge defeat to a lack luster Norwegian side.
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