Ian Cockbain guided Gloucestershire to a comfortable win over Surrey: Friends Life Twenty20
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Saturday, June 11, 2011.
The hosts reached 168 in their allotted 20 overs, with the help of a sensational knock by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Andrew-Cockbain-c63756.
Cockbain ended up being the top scorer in the match with 78 runs while Surrey’s batting failed miserably in reply, as they were all-out for 122 runs by the 19th over.
Surrey’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rory-James-Hamilton-Brown-c86829, won the toss and opted to field first. He expected the conditions to be difficult for the batsmen in the first hour of play, but things went totally wrong for the visitors as batting became even harder in the second
innings.
Gloucestershire suffered some early blows, losing their top-three batsmen for just 20 runs on the board.
Ireland’s, Kevin O’Brien, was the first man to be dismissed after adding just seven runs to the total. He was followed by the Kiwi duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-John-Hamilton-Marshall-c61362. The pair failed to make an impression and got out for two and 11 in their respective
outings.
The innings was then stabilised by the home team’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 and Cockbain. The pair put together 59 runs for the fourth wicket partnership, guiding their side out of trouble.
Gidman was unable to carry onto the start he got to his innings though and was dismissed after scoring 28 runs from 25 balls.
His dismissal however, didn’t stop the flow of runs, as the new batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Taylor-c1253, played sensibly alongside Cockbain. Both batsmen collected 71 runs for the fifth wicket, putting their team in control of the game.
Cockbain was dismissed in the 19th over after scoring 78 runs off just 46 balls with the help of six fours and five thunderous sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 made sure to bat until the end and took the team’s total to 158 with an unbeaten 32 from 23 deliveries, smashing four boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 support from the other bowlers.
Surrey’s openers, Hamilton-Brown and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542 failed to get going and were dismissed after scoring one and 15 respectively.
Star English batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevin-Peter-Pietersen-c71169, gave some hope to his team, scoring 30 runs off 28 balls. He was the top scorer in the visitors’ innings, but didn’t get any support from the other end.
Wickets kept on tumbling in the Surrey innings and there was no significant partnership. The team was bundled up for 122 in 19.1 overs, courtesy some brilliant bowling by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Alan-Payne-c52579, who grabbed three wickets in the match.
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