Glamorgan win thriller against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852: Friends Life Twenty20 - First Innings Recap
Glamorgan clinched a win against Sussex by two runs, in a nail-biting finish of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Thursday, June 23, 2011.
The hosts were restricted to 137 for the loss of three wickets in their allotted 20 overs. They didn’t look like the favourites to win the match, but a solid effort from their bowlers ensured a magnificent victory for them.
In reply, the Sussex team was in a very comfortable state to win the match, but lost their way towards the end of the innings, eventually falling just two runs shorts of the home team’s total
The pitch was dry and on the slower side. 150 would have been a very good total on the wicket, but Glamorgan batsmen didn’t even manage 140 runs in their outing. Their captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alviro-Nathan-Petersen-c43849, opted to bat first after winning the toss. His decision was
a correct one, as the wicket was expected to get slower with the passage of time.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-James-Cosgrove-c74641 and Petersen walked out in the middle with a positive mood. They planned to attack the new ball bowlers, as the ball was coming onto the bat nicely when it was hard and new.
Although both players failed to get off to a flying start, they remained calm and didn’t take too many risks. Both collected 45 runs for the first wicket partnership before Cosgrove was dismissed.
The stylish opener scored 34 runs off 32 balls with the help of four fours and one six. He was cleaned up by England’s left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024, in the eighth over of the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Henry-John-Rees-c58403 joined his captain and the pair constructed a 34-run stand for the second wicket. Rees got out after getting used to the pace of the wicket. He managed a run-a-ball 16 in his outing.
The next wicket to fall in the home team’s innings was Petersen, who ended up being the top scorer for his side, collecting 38 runs from 34 balls. The stylish South African batsman didn’t find it easy to cope with the slow nature of the wicket, but managed
to hit a couple of towering sixes to lift his strike-rate.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Allenby-c65438 played well towards the end of the innings and remained unbeaten on 30 runs off 27 deliveries. He smashed three fours in his cameo innings.
Pakistan’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, has proved to be the best bowler in Twenty20 cricket and did a terrific job for Sussex. He was as accurate as ever and finished with two for 15 in four overs.
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