High scoring game between Middlesex and Gloucestershire ends in a draw: County Championship Division Two - 3rd Innings Recap
There was very little time left in the County Championship Division Two match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The visitors had a first innings lead of 134 runs on the final day’s play on Thursday, June 30, 2011, but it was almost impossible to get a result out of the game. They managed 229 runs for the loss of eight wickets until http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 of the final day’s play, ending
the match in a draw.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kane-Stuart-Williamson-c70182, who missed-out in his first outing, made most of the opportunity and scored a terrific half-century for his team in the second innings. He ended up with 73 runs, which was the top score of the second innings.
The pitch was still not bad for the batsmen, as it was pretty http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 hard and dry. A few cracks had opened up, giving some hope to the opposition’s bowlers, but there was nothing alarming for the batting side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-John-Hamilton-Marshall-c61362 gave a positive start to Gloucestershire in the first innings, but failed to make an impression this time around. The latter was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after collecting nine runs. His partner followed
after scoring 19 runs, leaving the visitors at 37/2.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Andrew-Cockbain-c63756, who was the top scorer for his side in the first innings with 127 runs. He was also sent back to the pavilion
after adding eight runs to the total.
Williamson would have been hoping to get some support from the other end, as four wickets had fallen for 65 runs on the board. He finally found some in the team’s wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-George-Coughtrie-c85003, who played sensibly.
The pair put together a solid partnership of 94 runs for the fifth wicket and led their side out of trouble. Williamson played aggressively and was dismissed after scoring 73 runs from 98 deliveries with the help of nine boundaries.
Coughtrie failed to reach his half-century and had to take a long walk back to the pavilion after adding 40 runs to the total. He did a good job though, ensuring a draw in the end.
Lower-order batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Alexander-Simson-Taylor-c65427 stretched their team’s total above 200 with a 43-run stand for the seventh wicket. The latter was dismissed after collecting 29 runs. His partner remained unbeaten until the end, scoring 22 runs.
Just one more wicket fell in the Gloucestershire innings, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Lewis-c1726 got out for one. The play was stopped with the visitors scoring 229/8 in their second innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tim-Murtagh-c2673 did a decent job with the ball, picking up three wickets for the home team.
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