http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 Emerging Players v New Zealand A – Emerging Players Tournament - Match Recap
India Emerging Players secured their opening win on the series after defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harris-c61739 Oval, Brisbane, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
The game began with the Indian Emerging Players winning the toss and taking up batting. The session was brought to life with Indian openers, featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392, taking their places on the crease. As for the opposing bowling
attack, the Kiwis came out with spearheads http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graeme-Aldridge-c1502.
Offering a swift start for the team, the batting pair added some early runs on the scoreboard, leading the team past the half ton mark. However, in a successive blow from the New Zealand bowlers, the final three overs of the innings’ opening half brought
trouble for the batting side as its top order crumbled in an instance.
With the loss of three quick wickets, India managed to score a stable aggregate of 76 in 9.2 overs. However, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890, taking over the crease, hope came for India as the pair aided the side in recovering
from the swift losses.
The Tiwary duo went on earning an impressive partnership worth 76 runs, which was finally brought to an end following the loss of Saurabh (34), after he was bowled out by Kiwi pacer Aldridge.
Alongside lower middle-order batsman, Manish Panday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-c1888 managed to retain his stumps, and coupled with Panday, the pair brought the innings’ closure at a modest total of 169 in the 20 overs.
As for the New Zealand response, the team kicked off its session with some fair runs, but in the early moments of the innings, lost its opening wicket in the 3rd over. Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Watling-c1172 was declared out off Vinay Kumar’s delivery.
Team’s opener and skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-Brownlie-c1349, as the two went on adding runs to the chase.
More trouble came the batting side’s way after closing moments of the inning’s second half brought two more wickets for New Zealand, bringing the toll to 3.
By now, New Zealand’s top order had managed to aggregate a fair sum of 55 runs with a loss of 3 wickets in 9.4 overs.
In the opening moments of the session’s second half, middle order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iqbal-Abdulla-c1596.
With Brownlie and team wicket-keeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Derek-de-Boorder-c1359 left to cover up the mark, the pair offered an impressive run at the crease, but was eventually forced to fall short of the chase with 18 runs, leaving the Indian Emerging Players into securing their
first win on the competition.
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