Jersey v Israel – European Championship Division One - First Innings Recap
Thanks to an impressive performance by the Jersey bowlers, the Israeli batting line up faced complete annihilation, posting an easy chase of 87 runs for the Jersey batsmen. The bout was the 6th Group B fixture from the European Championship Division
One, which was being staged at the Farmers Cricket Club Ground, St http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Alroy-Martin-c50714 on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
For both the teams, the contest came as the second match of the same day. In their previous games, Israel faced a disappointing 8 wickets defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Germany-c2904.
With Israel being forced into batting by the Jersey team, which won the toss and chose to field, the batting side opened its innings with Shailesh Bangerra and Daniel Hyman.
The pair took off with some defensive shots in the opening over; however, trouble came for the team as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Israel-c2925 lost its first player in the following over.
The opening wicket was owned by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anthony-Wilfrid-Hawkins-Kay-c45116.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danny-Hotz-c52377 was the next player to enter the field but could not share the crease with opener Bangerra, who too made his return to the pavilion in the 5th over of the innings.
The Israeli wicket keeper batsman managed to secure 14 runs for the team’s total, including two boundaries.
Following two early losses for Israel, the procession was then resumed by Hotz and Eshkol Solomon.
The pair was able to offer some stability to the side; however, the partnership was brought to an end in the 9th over. Hotz was forced to walk off the pitch after being bowled out by the Jersey medium-pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tony-P-Carlyon-c94234.
Hotz managed to score 19 runs from 20 balls. The player’s innings included 3 boundaries.
The session proceeded sluggishly as the Israeli batsmen struggled against the dominant Jersey bowlers. The inconsistent batting line up saw another loss, after Carlyon bowled out Josh Evans in the 11th over of the innings.
By the loss of the 4th wicket, the Israel batmen managed to score a meager total 53 runs from 11 overs.
The batting side faced more trouble after they saw more losses in the final quarter of the innings. In the 17th over, owned by star performer Carlyon, the Jersey bowler secured two consecutive wickets, bringing the total loss to 7 wickets.
The Jersey side finally brought an end to Israel’s misery after securing the final two wickets in the 18th and 20th overs.
Throughout the innings, Carlyon offered an exceptional bowling performance, adding four wickets to his profile. Hawkins-Kay remained to be the second highest wicket taker with a decent figure of three, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ryan-Craig-Driver-c87290 earned just one.
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