France v Germany – European Championship Division One - Match Recap
The Germans suffered their second loss for the day, after France secured its first win on the series. The Group B fixture that resulted in a 34-run win for the French took place at the Les Quennevais ground, St Brelade, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, and came
as the 5th group B match from the European Championship Division One Twenty20 (T20) Series.
The game began, after the Germans won the toss and regrettably forced the French into batting.
The innings kicked off as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Rehman-c41625 Qureshi, stepped onto the field to face the German bowling attack, featuring Rana-Javed Iqbal and Shakeel Hassan.
The pair took off with some productive batting, accumulating a decent opening total for the side. However, the two failed to continue after Qureshi was unable to reach the crease in an attempted run by the players. The Frenchman exited the pitch after scoring
15 runs from 19 balls.
Sithambaranthan was then accompanied by the French skipper, Waseem Bhatti, who came in to replace the opening wicket.
However, failing to keep up the partnership, a few more runs into the innings, Sithambaranthan was caught out by Iqbal off Kashif Haider’s delivery.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arunkumar-V-Ayyavooraju-c46140 came in as the next player in order but failed to place a strong footing on the crease, after being declared out on a leg before wicket (LBW) appeal by Syed Shah. The French offered a disappointing contribution to his side with a single
run.
The third loss for the French team came after the top order managed to aggregate 47 runs.
Half way through the game, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/France-c2899 saw another blow after the skipper too made his way to the pavilion, following another successful LBW appeal.
The middle order, failing to keep up the pace, suffered more trouble after losing three more players till the close of the opening session.
The French batsmen managed to wrap up their innings after scoring 126 runs with a loss of 7 wickets.
With the start of the second innings, the Germans came out with an aggressive response as their opening pair, Dilshan Rajudeen and Milano Fernando, delivered some early whacks to the French bowlers.
However, by the time the batsmen crossed the 30-run mark, trouble came for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Germany-c2904 as the openers were sent back in quick succession.
The opening two wickets, bringing a blow to the German top order, led to a successful wicket taking streak for the French bowlers. The team’s pacers struck again soon, securing one down batsman Ayoma Abeywickrama’s wicket.
The proceedings continued as the French dominated, earning yet another wicket with just a few more runs added since the previous loss.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asif-Khan-c46487 and Shakeel Hassan were the players dismissed subsequently, bringing the total wicket loss for the Germans to 5.
However, a little hope was seen as the middle-order pair, featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421, brought in some stability to the score, offering a 29-run addition to the total. Finally, the pair was parted after 16 year old Zika Ali bowled out Chaudhry.
Making use of another stumble at the batting line up, the French bowlers struck again, securing another wickets haul, bringing an eventual end to the German line up.
With Germans falling behind with 34 runs, the French marked their first win on the series since their recent defeat against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Belgium-c2850.
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