http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 blitz sets up Notts maiden victory of the season
A stupendous century from youngster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 to clinch a narrow first victory of the current Clydesdale Bank 40 season against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl Stadium, Southampton, on May 31, 2012.
Taylor’s efforts were well supported by another English hopeful http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426, who registered an impressive all-round performance, scoring 66 to help his side notch up 277 before taking three scalps to restrict the hosts 12 runs short of the target.
Notts’ innings began on a dull note after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mascarenhas-c912 cut short the latter’s knock.
Hales and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Liam-Dawson-c1840 for 33. From that point onward, it was all about Taylor as the youngster notched up career highest 115 off just 77 balls. His innings was marked with a sense
of purpose as he took apart all bowlers to smash a whopping 14 boundary shots – seven fours and as many sixes.
He first added 46 with Patel, who perished off Dawson after making 66, before scoring the bulk of the runs in an unbeaten stand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Voges-c925 ( 32*) – taking his side to a daunting 277 for 4 in 40 overs.
Hampshire began the reply thoughtfully – the openings stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696 yielding 89 in 10.3 overs. Both openers struck half-centuries but Patel’s introduction proved decisive. The spinner removed Adams, caught by Taylor
before ending http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Vince-c1657 and Simon Katich’s stays in the subsequent overs.
However, the hosts managed to recover, courtesy a run-a-ball 68 from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sean-Ervine-c2471. His partnership with Mascarenhas kept the side at par with the required rate but Ervine’s departure in the 35th over handed the advantage to the away team.
With 15 needed off the final over, Darren Patterson held nerves to claim the wickets of Kabir Ali and the dangerous Mascarenhas (48) -helping his side kick-start their CB 40 campaign with a first win in Group B.
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