Jack http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 to victory: Friends Life T20 – First Innings Report
Gloucestershire clinched a victory over Somerset by two wickets and just three balls remaining in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the County Ground, Bristol in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, July 1, 2011.
The visitors batted first and could only manage 121 runs in their allotted 20 overs, losing nine wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Edward-Trescothick-c74400, collected 28 runs at the top of the order and ended up being the highest scorer for his side.
In reply, the home team also had quite a few problems, but they managed to win the match in the end. Gloucestershire’s youngster, Jack Taylor, had a terrific debut game, as he top scored the match with 38 runs and picked up four wickets for his team.
Toss was won by Somerset’s skipper, who elected to bat first without any hesitation. The pitch was on the slower side and it was not easy for the batsmen to score runs freely.
Trescothick also expected the conditions to get tougher for the batsmen in the second half of the match. However, the visitors failed to take advantage of the better conditions and fell 15-20 runs short at the end of their innings.
Somerset were given a flying start by their leader, who has been in terrific form throughout this season. His opening partner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-David-Trego-c81582, was unable to make an impression though and was dismissed after adding just three runs to the total from seven deliveries.
Trescohttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472hick looked well set and didn’t seem to have many problems with the slow nature of the pitch. He attacked the bowlers from the start of the innings and reached 28 runs in quick time.
The stylish left-hander was unable to carry onto the start he got to his innings though and was sent back to the pavilion in the sixth over. He looked in impressive touch and had smashed four fours and a massive six before being dismissed.
Craig Meschede also failed to convert his start into a solid innings, as he was dismissed for 13 runs from 15 balls. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease.
Wicketkeeper batsman, Jos http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Butler-c48850, collected eight runs before being dismissed and the Somerset team was in deep trouble.
However, there was some resistance from the lower-order batsmen, who stretched the total above 120 in the end. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lewis-Gregory-c72822 scored 15 runs each in their respective outings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arul-Suppiah-c1084 batted until the end, scoring 23 runs off 20 deliveries, which gave some momentum to the Somerset team.
Taylor would have been over the moon with his superb spell of bowling, picking up four wickets for 16 runs in four overs. He got terrific support from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Alan-Payne-c52579, who dismissed two batsmen for just four runs in his spell.
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