Jersey v Germany – European Championship Division One T20 - Match Recap
Thanks to a dominating bowling display by the Jersey bowlers, the team’s batsmen found it easy to cover up the minor chase produced by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Germany-c2904, securing their first win on the series. The fixture came as the second Group B European Championship Division
One Twenty20 (T20) game for the day, taking place at the Les Quennevais, St Brelade, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
With the Germans forced into batting by the toss winners, Jersey, the day was kicked off by the German openers Dilshan Rajudeen and Milano Fernando.
However, with just few minutes into the game, Jersey bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Jones-c1244, offered an early blow to the openers, finishing off Fernando’s innings in an instance.
The bowlers, offering more early resistance to the Germans, managed to earn Rajudeen’s wicket as well, bringing in a complete end to the opening duo.
Following the quick losses, the pitch was then taken over by skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asif-Khan-c46487, and batting partner Shakeel Hassan.
The pair managed to hold on to a budding partnership, but to their despair, they were parted after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anthony-Wilfrid-Hawkins-Kay-c45116 brought an end to captain Khan’s innings.
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The team’s third loss came after the batting side managed to secure 27 runs.
As the procession went on, the team struggled to add runs to the total as the Jersey bowlers offered some tough resistance to the batting side.
The German’s suffered another loss as Hassan made his long walk to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs. The player was caught out by Hawkins-Kay, off Ben Stevens’ delivery.
The remaining men managed to hold on to their bats till the closing moments of the session, adding slow runs to the total. However, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Chaudhry on the crease, the player added in some aggressive shots but was finally sent off the field by Hawkins-Kay.
Chaudhry offered an impressive run at the pitch after scoring 36 runs for his side, including 2 boundaries and 3 sixes.
The Germans, after facing two more losses, brought a close to their sluggish innings, posting an easy target of 99 for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jersey-c41001 batsmen, after facing a total loss of 7 wickets.
Having their strong presence felt at the arena, the Jersey batsmen then geared up to take on the easy chase ahead of them.
The team’s opening pair, featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-c53369 Morrison and Edward Farley, took off to an impressive start, adding some swift runs to the total.
By the time Jersey reached 26, the side suffered its first loss after Morrison stumbled to keep his foot in the crease, leading to a stump out by the German wicket keeper, Benjamin Das. The opening stump was owned by Shakeel Hassan.
As http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ryan-Craig-Driver-c87290 came to replace the opening wicket, the new comer aided Farley in scoring some more runs, almost covering up half of the chase.
The two managed to offer a decent contribution to the side as the innings went on. Eventually, the pair was parted as Farley made his way to the pavilion.
After facing two more losses, the team finally managed to cover the mark in the 17th over of the game securing their first 6-wicket win.
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