Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire - Friends Life T20 – Midlands/Wales/West Group – Gloucestershire win by eight runs - Live Score and Update
Gloucestershire 139/9 (20/20 ov) v Northamptonshire 131/8 (20.0/20 ov) - Gloucestershire won by 8 runs
With things heating up in the ongoing Friends Life T20, fans witnessed a thrilling match between Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire at County Ground, Bristol, where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 defended a total of 139 runs as they won the match by eight runs, restricting
their opponents on a total of 131 runs.
After winning the toss, Northamptonshire, chose to field first as they aimed to restrict the batting side on a gettable total.
The bowlers gave a commendable performance as they kept bagging wickets, however, the batsmen on the other end were also eager to post enough runs on the board to give their bowlers something to fight for.
Gloucestershire, upper-order gave an impressive performance with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 as the highest scorer after jabbing a knock of 39 runs, while IA Cockbain remained the second best with a knock of 36 runs.
However, the side suffered a batting collapse later in the innings as they failed to bat in double figures.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Dalrymple-c1658 Middlebrook were the top performers as they shared two wickets each in their allotted overs.
If Northamptonshire thought that their bowlers had done a commendable job were in for a surprise as they were completely left flabbergasted when it was their turn to bat.
The side were given a rude welcome on the field as four of their top batsman with just 18 runs on the board, with ID Saxelby taking two wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798 was then the lone wolf from his side as he stood defiant against the bowlers who came in his way and smashed impressive shots all around the park to give his side’s fans something to cheer about.
However, he was running short of partners as wickets on the other end were falling like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457, limiting his capacity to take risks.
Finally in the 16th over, with 96 runs on the board, Coetzer lost his wicket after hitting a fabulous innings of 44 runs.
The side then could muster 131 runs in 20 overs for the loss of eight wickets as they lost the game.
Saxelby, who grabbed four wickets in the game was named as the Player of the Match.
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