Glamorgan v Hampshire - Clydesdale Bank 40 - Group B – Live Score and Update
Hampshire 227 (40/40 ov) – Glamorgan won the toss chose to field
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784 for a total of 227 runs while batting first in the ongoing Clydesdale Bank 40 series, at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
The side had a moderate start to their innings with openers JM Vince and JHK Adams jabbing a stand of 29 runs.
Adams became the first casualty of the day, losing his wicket after hammering a knock of five runs off 11 deliveries.
A run later, Glamorgan struck again by dismissing number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543, who could muster only a run before finding his way back to the pavilion.
Vince was then joined by ND McKenzie and the two batsmen smashed some fine shots all around the park to give fans something to cheer about.
The duo took the score to 78, after which Vince fell after scoring a fiery knock of 48 runs off 46 deliveries.
The departure of the batsman was a big blow for the batting side, as it drastically affected their run rate.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/McKenzie-c75497 was then joined by SM Ervine, as the two batsmen tried to steer their side towards a big total.
The batsmen took the score to 108 runs before Ervine got stumped on a total of 14.
Hampshire then suffered a terrible batting collapse in the middle where wickets fell like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457.
The side needed to halt this bowling offense in order to survive the full 40 overs.
With LA Dawson (1), MD Bates (2) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Riazuddin-c84816 (8) all falling without scoring in double figures, McKenzie stood his ground and kept belting the bowlers from his end.
He was provided much needed support by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wood-c98110 on an innings of 16 runs.
After hammering the total tally to 216, McKenzie lost his wicket to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-P-Jones-c87607, after smashing a brilliant innings of 88 runs off 89 deliveries.
DR Briggs was then the last wicket to fall, as he was run out after scoring 25 runs off 15 balls.
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