Jonny Bairstow’s ton gives Yorkshire the advantage over Somerset
Yorkshire’s wicketkeeper batsman, Jonny Bairstow, scored a brilliant century for his team in a match of the County Championship Division One against Somerset, at the County Ground, Taunton in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The visitors were all-out for 358 runs in their first
innings on day-one of play on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039, who is the skipper of Yorkshire, decided to bat first without any hesitation after winning the toss. The pitch had consistent bounce, as it was hard and dry, which made life easier for the batsmen.
Yorkshire’s innings was started by, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root, who put together a decent opening partnership for the team. The pair complemented each other nicely, as Lyth attacked the bowlers whereas his opening partner defended from the other end.
However, the partnership lasted for 56 runs, before Root was sent back to the pavilion. He added 19 runs to the total from 64 balls with the help of two fours, but would have been disappointed to throw his wicket away after getting a start.
First-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anthony-McGrath-c45053, also failed to make an impression, as he was dismissed for just nine runs. He was followed by Lyth, who made 39 runs from 35 deliveries, hitting seven fours in his cameo innings.
Things looked a bit uncertain for the visitors, as they lost three wickets for 75 runs on the board. However, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 captain and wicketkeeper scored a 63-run partnership for the fourth wicket, rescuing their team from trouble.
Gale was unable to carry onto the start to his innings and was dismissed after adding 30 runs to the total. This brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Ballance-c1465 in the middle, who gave tremendous support to Bairstow and the pair constructed 167 runs for the fifth wicket.
The keeper batsman was in terrific form and scored 136 runs for his team. He didn’t waste too many deliveries as well, as he scored his runs from 169 balls with the help of a staggering 25 fours.
Middle-order batsman, Ballance, also played a crucial innings for the visitors and got dismissed for 61 runs. All-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Shahzad-c874, played a cameo of 27 runs before getting out and the Yorkshire’s innings came to an end at 358 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gemaal-Hussain-c1479 shared three wickets apiece for the home team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arul-Suppiah-c1084, made sure that their team didn’t lose any wickets and remained unbeaten on one and five respectively. They will be eying a
good start on the second day of play on Wednesday, May 25th.
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