Ghana v Nigeria - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Africa Region Division One T20 tournament - First Innings Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nigeria-c2970 today, July 11, 2011, at Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala, in a game of ICC Africa Region Division One T20 tournament. Nigeria will start their innings after the lunch break.
Winning the toss, Nigeria elected to field first. Having been invited to bat, Ghana started their innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Julius-Horlali-Mensah-c69655 as openers.
The start was unimpressive as the first wicket fell on 12. Vifah could score 11 off 7 balls with the help of 2 fours. The one-down, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adekunle-Adegbola-c41982.
The next three batmen followed the same route as none of them could reach double figures. Samson Awiah scored just 2, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moses-Kofi-Anafie-c77757 made 8 each.
Mensah played a little well and got 19 runs from 19 deliveries before falling in the 10th over of the innings. He hit 2 fours and a six.
After the fall of the 7th wicket in the 14th over, the lower-order duo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-K-Ananya-c81784 and Isaac Aboagya, flexed their muscles to push the score up. The duo lasted till the last over of the innings; played very well and forged a partnership of 58 runs.
Ananya scored 34 off 28 balls with the help of 4 fours and a six while Aboagye made 19 from 14 deliveries. He hit 2 sterling sixes.
The last three wickets fell in the last three balls of the last over of the innings. It made the end of the first half very interesting and thrilling.
The extravagant bowling of Nigeria gave away 16 extra runs. Thus, Ghana totalled 129 for the loss of all ten wickets in the given 20 overs. Their run rate had been 6.45 per over.
In the bowling line-up of Nigeria, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Endurance-Ofem-c56012 who took 2 wickets for just 10 runs. Chibuike Iteogu and Adegbola grabbed one wicket each.
Ghana are in the must-win position as they have not acquired even a single point in this tournament so far.
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