Gibraltar v Norway – European Championship Division One - First Innings Recap
A Group A match from the European Championship Division One, featuring Gibraltar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Norway-c2974, saw the Gibraltar side bringing a close to its sluggish innings after aggregating a mediocre total of 77 runs with a loss of 8 wickets. The bout was staged at the
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Guernsey-c40999 Rovers Athletic Club Ground, Port Soif, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
The match took off after Gibraltar won the toss and chose to bat. The session was opened by right-handed batsman, Ross Harkins, coupled with team wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieron-J-Ferrary-c71445. In response, the Norwegian bowling attack came out with Waheed Aamir and Waseem
Gill.
The Gibraltar side faced its first jolt early on, after Aamir secured Harkins’ wicket. The loss came after the batsman was bowled out on the 3rd delivery of the opening over.
With next man in, Mark Bacarese, joining Ferrary on the crease, the pair managed to hold on to their wickets but added slow runs to the total.
However, the pair was finally separated in the 8th over after opener, Ferrary, was declared caught and bowled by leg-spinner Shahbaz Butt. After a slow run at the pitch, Ferrary managed to add just 7 runs to his team’s total.
Following the second loss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Farrell-c63833 made his way to the crease. However, the player could not enter into a partnership with Bacarese, who was eventually declared run out in the 10th over.
By the time Bacarese’s wicket came up for Gibraltar, the side had scored a mere sum of 32 with a total loss of 3 wickets.
The session was then proceeded by Farrell, who was joined in by the skipper, Iain Latin. However, the skipper made a quick return to the pavilion as Butt struck again, leading to a stump out for the Gibraltar skipper. Latin failed to make a strong contribution
to his team after walking off with just a single.
In the closing moments of the innings, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gibraltar-c2906 side lost two more players, including Kayron Stagno (6), caught and bowled by Butt, followed by Farrell (15), who was bowled out by Zaheer Ashiq.
The remaining session was covered up by the lower order, which eventually crumbled down to a total of 8 wickets till the final, 20th over of the innings.
With the close of the game’s first innings, the batting side managed to post a minor chasing total of 78 runs.
Spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zaheer-Ashiq-c98447, on the other hand, secured two, while Aamir came back with one.
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