Hampshire rout Kent by 69 runs: Friends Life T20 – Second Innings Report
Kent had to chase down 142 runs in their allotted 20 overs against Hampshire in the Friends Life Twenty20 game, at The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Thursday, June 30, 2011.
The target was a challenging one, but the visitors had the depth in their batting to chase it down. They failed miserably though and were bundled-up for 72 in 14 overs in their outing.
There were only three batsmen in the entire Kent innings who reached double figures but the rest were below par. The top scorer in the innings was Darren Stevens, who managed 20 runs for his team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir.
Playing conditions were not conducive for batting. However, the batsmen had to apply themselves in the middle in order to score http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 runs.
Unfortunately for Kent, none of their players managed to hang in for a long time and kept throwing wickets away at regular intervals.
The start holds immense importance in cricket, especially in Twenty20. However, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703, was removed in the very first over of the innings
after failing to open his account.
Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-Sagar-c46915 was promoted to bat at number three, but he didn’t have a good day and was sent back to the pavilion for a first ball duck. This left the visitors in deep trouble with two wickets down and not a single
run on the board.
Kent’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Key-c2349, was the third batsman in the innings to get out for a duck, as troubles continued for the team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839, who can also be handy with the bat, was promoted at number five to provide some momentum to his side. He struck one four and a six to get the innings going, but got out after collecting 11 runs
off five balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368, who didn’t seem to have too many problems in the middle, was the next man to be dismissed after scoring 20 runs.
Adding insult to injury, Sam Northeast, was run-out after managing just three runs in his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Ball-c41883 was only the third batsman in the Kent innings to take his score into double figures. He got out for 15 and the entire team was sent back to the hut for 72 runs.
Mascarenhas was a touch expensive, but picked up three wickets. However, Tahir and Afridi didn’t give away anything to the batsmen, picking up two and one wicket in their respective spells.
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