Hampshire v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 – Match Recap
Hampshire marked an exceptional 115-run win against Scotland in a 40 overs fixture, played at the Rose Bowl, in Southampton, on Monday, August 29, 2011. However, the team’s notable victory comes with much complements to its skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696, along with
one down batter http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Vince-c1657, both of whom led the side into posting a massive chase against the Scottish.
Initially, the bout took to the field after skipper Adams opted for a fruitful decision, putting his team into batting first.
Thanks to the agressive opening batting pair, featuring Adams, alongside Tim Ravenscroft, the side saw a sudden burst of runs in the opening moments of the innings. However, all came to a halt after Hampshire suffered an opening knock to its line-up, losing
Ravenscroft in the 4th over of the innings.
However, the side took a sigh of relief after one down batter Vince came out to engage into a productive partnership with Adams, which went on till the final moments of the Hampshire innings.
The couple added a quick a flow numbers to the total that came with hard whacks, retaining a striking run rate as the procession went on.
Adding superb tons to the side’s aggregate, the 233 runs worth partnership finally came to its closure after Vince was forced into stepping off the crease at a mammoth 131, after being dismissed off Gordon Goudie’s delivery.
As the Hampshire innings finally came to a near closure in the 38th over, owned by Goudie, brought two successive wickets for Scotland, including a major one of Adams who walked off at a notable 113.
Piling up a massive 302 against Scotland, Hampshire’s run with the bat came to its end, which lost 4 wickets by the close of the innings.
As for Scotland, the team came out with evident lack of confidence, after the team suffered an opening loss in the 5th over of the innings, at a minor total of 10, losing its opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Calum-Scott-MacLeod-c49129
in the 9th.
However, with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Riazuddin-c84816 delivered a swift damage to the
opponent, sending off the pair back to the pavilion.
For Worker, the dismissal came with much disappointment, since the opener was forced into walking off just 4 runs short of a half century.
As for the remaining procession, Scotland’s middle order came out, hoping to add some aid for the side, but stumbled into paving some ground, after finally crumbling down till the final player in the 35th over.
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