Friends Provident T20: Nottinghamshire advances to the semi-final
A tight quarterfinal between Nottinghamshire and Sussex at Trent Bridge ended with Sussex being knocked out of the 2010 Friends Provident T20 on Monday. A disciplined bowling performance by the Nottinghamshire attack led by Darren Pattinson’s 3 for 17 bagged the side a 13 run win over Sussex.
Some late hitting from Chris Read and Ryan Sidebottom took Nottinghamshire from a struggling score of 100 for 6 to a competitive but gettable 141 for 9 at the close of their 20 over innings. Sussex’s run chase was led by Chris Nash and Luke Wright who got off to a handy start, taking Sussex to 63 for 1 within no time. However, the rest of the batting line-up capitulated to the counterattack of Samit Patel, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Mullaney-c2584 and Darren Pattinson. The batsmen failed to capitalize the imposing start from the opening batsmen. At the end of the 20 over innings, Michael Yardy’s men were still 13 runs behind their target of 141 runs with three wickets in hand.
The Sussex skipper Michael Yardy, after winning the toss, decided to start the knockout game with the ball. The opening stand for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Hales-c985 for 9 runs.
Hales’ dismissal brought Matt Wood to the crease and in partnership with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 Captain Michael Yardy struck as he destroyed the furniture of Samit Patel leaving Nottinghamshire struggling at 55 for 3.
At this juncture, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Will-Beer-c2792. Hussey’s 14 ball stay at the crease earned him 16 runs. After Hussey’s dismissal, Nottinghamshire faltered against a confident Sussex attack as the side struggled at 98 for six with 5 over to go
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Read-c1248 and Ryan Sidebottom took the initiative with some late order hitting as both the players took the side to an imposing 141 in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241 with 4 for 34 was the leading bowler for Sussex who was followed by Michael Yardy who took two wickets after conceding 22 runs during his 4 overs spell.
Sussex’s run chase got off to a steady start with Chris Nash and Luke Wright scoring 35 runs from 4.3 overs. Pattinson broke the 35-run opening partnership on the third ball of the fifth over when Wright was caught by Sidebottom. Wright played an innings of 18 runs off 17 deliveries. The second wicket stand also added about 30 runs to the scorecard before Nash was trapped on the pads by Patel. After Patel’s dismissal, no Sussex batsman could face the disciplined bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Pattinson-c1321. The team kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. At the end of 20 overs, Sussex was 13 runs short of the total set by Nottinghamshire.
Goodwin’s 28 run innings was the highest score from Sussex. Darren Pattinson was the pick of the bowlers who took three wickets after conceding 17 runs.
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