Guernsey v Austria – European Championship Division One -
Match Recap
With some impressive performance by the Austrians, the team managed to secure their second win on the European Championship Division One Twenty20 (T20) Series, after defeating Guernsey with 8 runs. The match took place at the King George V Sports Ground,
Castel on Thursday, July 21, 2011.
The bout began after Guernsey won the toss and chose to field, as the Austrian batsmen, Lakman Kasturiarachchige and Aman Deep, came out on the crease as the openers for the side.
The pair took off with some productive batting, earning swift runs in the opening minutes of the bout. The two continued into securing a decent, 41-run partnership, which was finally brought to an end by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-J-Rich-c58512, who managed to secure Kasturiarachchige’s
wicket on a successful Leg before Wicket (LBW) appeal.
More runs came on to the Austrian total after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Munir-Ahmed-c78000 came to join Deep. The two continued earning runs for the team; however, by the time the players managed to post 62 runs, Ahmed was forced to leave the pitch after being caught out off Tim Ravenscroft’s
delivery.
Following the second wicket, the Guernsey bowlers offered more resistance to the batting side after securing another quick wicket.
However, the Austrians still held on to some hope as the opener, Deep, continued to deliver some hard whacks to the bowlers. As the session proceeded, the dangerman was finally sent back to the pavilion by the medium pacer, Stuart Bisson.
Deep made his return after falling 10 runs short of his half ton. The player managed to earn 40 runs for his side, which included a boundary and 3 out of the parks.
By the time Deep made his return to the pavilion, Austria had scored 78 runs with a loss of 4 wickets.
The procession went on as Guernsey bowlers offered consistent blows to the middle order, securing wickets till the eventual 9th loss for the Austrians. With the close of the innings, Austria managed to score 130 runs.
As the second innings for the day took off, the Guernsey openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lee-Savident-c72411 and Ravenscroft, began the session through some sluggish batting.
The pair went on with the innings but failed to enter into a partnership as Savident fell short of the crease in an attempted run.
Following the opening wicket, Ravenscroft coupled with next in order player and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-E-Le-Prevost-c91448 managed to add in some more runs to the total.
However, the pair was again parted after Ravenscroft made his return to the pavilion after being caught out off Kasturiarachchige’s delivery.
The troubled Guernsey players went on to add slow runs to the total as Austrian bowlers constantly delivered some strong resistance to the batting side.
Half way through the game, the skipper too was made to leave the pitch after Kasturiarachchige struck again, securing his second wicket for the day.
With the top order being eliminated, the middle order failed to keep up the pace as the game entered the final moments of the session. After suffering three more wickets, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Guernsey-c40999 middle order fell 8 runs short of the chase.
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