http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Italy-c2926 v Norway – European Championship Division One - Match Recap
Italy secured itself a spot on the tournament Semi finals after defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Norway-c2974 with an impressive 98-run margin. The bout kicked off at the King George V Sports Ground, Castel, on Friday, July 22, 2011, as the final Group A fixture for the day from the
European Championship Division One Twenty20 (T20) Series.
The win comes as the 4th for the Italians from their total participation in 5 matches. As for the Norway squad, the team managed to pose a competitive run throughout the competition, marking 3 wins from 5 matches.
For Friday’s match, the two teams took to the field after the Norway side won the toss and regrettably chose to field. Being forced into batting, the Italians opened their session with wicket-keeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hayden-Peter-Patrizi-c62075, coupled with right-handed Andy
Northcote. In response, Norway came out with Waheed Aamir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammd-Waseem-Gill-c77502, as the team’s opening bowlers.
The game began with an early blow to the Italians, after Patrizi made a quick return to the pavilion in the opening moments of the innings. The player was bowled out on the 5th delivery of the session’s first over.
However, making a swift recovery from the loss, Northcote, and next in line batsman, Damian Crowley, took on some aggressive batting, bringing the team to a fair pace.
The two went on with their constructive partnership; however, during the closing deliveries of the innings’ first half, the pair was parted after Northcote was declared caught out off Shahbaz Butt’s delivery.
The batsman produced an impressive innings for his side, earning 39 runs from 29 balls including 5 boundaries.
With two wickets lost, Crowley was then joined in by all rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Anthony-Petricola-c81502. The two went on with the session, retaining their stumps, till the close of the opening innings.
The duo offered an impressive contribution with the bat and a productive 107-run partnership. Both remaining unbeaten as Crowley scored 77, while Petricola fell a couple short of a half ton
The Italian innings came to a close in the 20th over, offering a troubling chase for the Norwegians with 186 runs.
Hoping to offer some strong reprisal, the Norwegian openers, featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adeel-Ibrar-c41975, suffered an early loss as the latter made a quick exit from the pitch. Ashiq’s wicket was owned by medium pacer Northcote during the opening over of the
day’s second innings.
The following couple of overs brought more trouble for the batting side as two consecutive wickets came for Norway.
However, with Ibrar on strike, the player managed to add in some adequate runs to the total but the side stumbled again after facing another loss in the 9th over.
With the middle-order crumbling, the players failed to retain their stumps as more wickets fell for the side.
Norway was finally defeated after the Italians steamrolled the batting line up in the 18th over of the day.
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