Hampshire v Sussex: Friends Life T20 – Match Recap
Hampshire thumped Sussex by 112 runs in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the County Ground, Hove in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Sunday, July 10, 2011.
The visitors batted first and posted a massive total of 193 runs for the loss of two wickets at the end of their allotted 20 overs. The highlight of the innings was a sensational batting performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Michael-Vince-c65940, who remained unbeaten on 85 runs.
Sussex’s batting failed miserably once they came out in the middle, as none of their batsmen managed to cause any problems for the opposition’s bowlers. Only three players reached double figures with the highest score of 15 from lower-order player, Ollie
Rayner. The entire team was dismissed cheaply for 81.
The conditions were perfect for cricket, as the sun was out and there was no chance of rain. The pitch was ideal for the batsmen and a high scoring game was expected.
Toss was won by the visitors’ captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 to 200 runs in their outing.
Hampshire’s innings was started by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sahibzada-Mohammad-Shahid-Khan-Afridi-c87933. Both batsmen batted aggressively and put the opposition on the back foot with a solid half-century stand for the first wicket.
They put together 51 runs in 5.5 overs before Adams was sent back to the pavilion after adding 34 runs to the total. He struck four fours and one massive six in his quick fire innings.
Vince joined the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 captain in the middle and the pair collected 48 runs for the second wicket partnership, guiding the team closer to 100. Afridi was dismissed after scoring 24 runs off 22 balls with the help of three boundaries.
No other wicket fell in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Douglas-McKenzie-c79091 batted until the end. They contributed 94 runs for the third wicket stand, taking the score to 193 in the end.
Vince top scored with 85 runs off just 49 balls, clobbering five fours and six thunderous sixes. His partner played well and collected 45 runs from 24 deliveries with the help of five fours and one six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naved-Arif-c78891 bowled well, taking one wicket for his team.
Although the pitch remained very good for batting in the second half of the match, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 failed to cope with the pressure of chasing a massive target. All batsmen were sent back to the hut for 81 runs in 17.1 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mascarenhas-c912, who dismissed three batsmen in the match.
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