Friends Life T20: Hampshire sneak past Surrey by five wickets – Cricket news
Hampshire beat rivals Surrey by five wickets in the ongoing Friends Life T20 – South Division on Wednesday, June 26, at The Rose Bowl, Southampton.
Hampshire’s Michael Carberry played an instrumental role in helping his side chase down 140 runs in 20 overs to win the match. His 60-run knock earned him the Player of the Match award.
After winning the toss, Surrey chose to bat first and made a decent start with openers Jason Roy and Rory Burns giving a stand of 31 runs, before Hampshire’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 for 11.
With the opener back in the pavilion, it was time for middle-order batsman Vikram Solanki to come in the middle. Burns and Solanki led their side towards 64 runs before this partnership also met its end on the wicket of Solanki, who perished after hammering
a knock of 15 runs off 12 deliveries.
A run later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Wilson-c1474 then forged a short resistance, taking the score to 84, before
the former lost his wicket to Griffiths after scoring 15 runs.
By 89 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116, who fell for only two runs.
Wilson and Zafar Ansari then continued the batting onslaught as they took the score to 138, before Wilson was clean-bowled by Sohail Tanvir for 29.
Coming out to bat, Hampshire made a decent start with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696 continued the batting onslaught, taking the score to 67, before
the batting side suffered the loss of their second wicket on the departure of Adams for 17.
Carberry and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 on the ropes. However, McKenzie’s unbeaten 37
helped Hampshire reach the target in 19.2 overs for the loss of five wickets.
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