Kent 2nd XI v Somerset 2nd XI: Second Eleven Trophy – Somerset 2nd XI’s Second Innings
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Thursday, July 28, 2011.
The visitors had a very good opportunity to take a solid lead overall and pressurise the opposition. This is exactly what happened, as the team collected 332 runs in their second outing, gaining a lead of 383 runs.
Somerset 2nd XI’s opening batsman Alex Barrow shined in the innings with a spectacular knock of 150 runs. He remained unbeaten until the innings was declared at 332/5.
The pitch had become better for the batsmen on the final day’s play. There was quite a lot of movement off the wicket on the first day, but things had improved with the passage of time. However, there was still enough juice in the wicket, which could keep
the bowlers interested.
It was important for the Somerset 2nd XI team to capitalise on the first innings lead and the team could not have got a better start to what they got. Openers Barrow and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Max-Waller-c1935 put together 65 runs at the top of the order, stretching the overall
lead above 100.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waller-c95917 was unable to make most of the start he got to his innings, getting dismissed for 30 runs. He struck five boundaries in his outing.
The visitors’ skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lewis-Gregory-c72822 walked out in the middle to join Barrow and both batsmen took the game away from the opposition. They collected 111 runs for the second wicket partnership, extending their lead above 200.
Gregory missed-out on a half-century by seven runs, getting out for 43 off 95 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries.
The next man to walk out in the middle was Craig Meschede. The youngster was in an aggressive mood and attacked the opposition from the very start of his innings. He hammered 43 runs from 31 balls with the help of three fours and the same number of thunderous
sixes.
Meschede was unable to convert his start into a half-century, but did his job quite nicely. He was involved in a solid stand of 85 runs with Barrow for the third wicket.
Wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jos-Buttler-c1733 failed to make an impression and was sent back to the pavilion after adding just nine runs to the total. He was followed by Craig Overton, who managed a quick fire 22 off 14 balls.
Barrow made most of the good conditions, collecting an unbeaten 150 runs with the help of 15 fours and 2 towering sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 2nd XI used nine bowlers in the innings, but did not get the desired results. Fabian Cowdrey picked up a couple of wickets, but gave away quite a few runs.
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