Hampshire v Somerset - Clydesdale Bank 40 (Group B) – Match Update –http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 win by 50 runs
Bolstered by a stellar all-round display from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Trego-c2181, Somerset went on to claim a 50-run victory over Hampshire during their Clydesdale Bank 40 match, played at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on August 14.
Hampshire won the toss and chose to field first, with Somerset skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Wood-c1254 (6-1-33-2).
Player of the Match Trego, however, went on to top-score for his side, smashing 9 fours and 3 sixes, in addition to setting up a 73-run stand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Jones-c1244 (24), which got their team up to 80 by the 9th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sean-Ervine-c2471 (8-2-35-3) stepped
in to dismiss him in the 20th over.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jos-Buttler-c1733 (51) registered the second and final half-ton of Somerset’s innings, and got the team up to 180 by the 31st over, after which Briggs stepped in to send him back to the pavilion. By the end of 40 overs, with Alex
Barrow (29*) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gemaal-Hussain-c1479 (18*) at the crease, Somerset finished at 228 by the end of 40 overs.
Following their respectable batting performance, the team’s bowlers launched an intense attack which saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steve-Kirby-c2577 (6-1-19-3) registered the most prominent performance, while Trego (5-0-31-2) and
Hussain (6-0-29-2) chipped in as supporting acts. Only three batsmen managed to register double-digit scores, while 5 batsmen were dismissed on duck.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094 (0) – failed to serve as effective batting partners for Vince.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Bates-c1947 (16) also joined Vince for a 40-run stand, which
got the team up to 162 by the 31st over.
However, from there onwards, Hampshire were not able to hold their own, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Riazuddin-c84816, and Briggs all found themselves dismissed on duck, with the team bowled out at 178 – 50 runs short of the target.
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