Kent v Gloucestershire - Azhar Mahmood shines on a rainy day for Kent: Friends Life T20 2011
An all-round performance from Pakistan’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
The match didn’t start on the scheduled time, as the outfield was wet due to rain. However, the players finally came out in the field and the match was reduced to 16 overs per side.
The hosts batted first and posted 115 runs for the loss of four wickets in their outing. Ireland’s flamboyant batsman, Kevin O’Brien, was in explosive form and remained unbeaten on 43 runs. His score proved to be the highest in the match, but didn’t help
his team win the match.
Kent had to chase down 116 runs in 16 overs for victory, but there were a couple of more delays in the match, which reduced it to 10 overs. The target for the visitors was also revised to 76, which they achieved comfortably in the end, losing just three
wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703 was the top scorer for the visitors, scoring 23 runs at the top of the order for his side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Key-c2349, who is the skipper of Kent, won the toss for his side and opted to field first. There was a heavy cloud cover over the field and the rain also left some moisture beneath the surface of the pitch, which forced this decision.
Gloucestershire’s start was an unimpressive one, as they lost their opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 batsman was unable to trouble the scorers and was dismissed in the very first over of the match.
Jack http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 was also not able to make an impression and got out after striking one four.
The innings was then stabilised by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease and was sent back to the pavilion after collecting 11 runs from 19 balls.
Cockbain was the next man to be dismissed in the innings after contributing 32 runs to the total from 31 deliveries with the help of four boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kane-Stuart-Williamson-c70182 and O’Brien then played mature cricket and put together an unbeaten 64 runs for the fifth wicket, guiding the team’s total to 115. They scored 20 and 43 in their respective outings.
Mahmood took full advantage of the seaming conditions, taking one wicket for 14 runs in his three-over spell.
In reply, Kent lost their captain early, but Denly and Mahmood collected 47 runs for the second wicket partnership, guiding the visitors into a solid position. They ended up with 23 and 20 in their respective knocks.
Darren http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 ended up with an unbeaten 11, guiding his team to victory in end with five balls remaining in the innings.
Spin wizard, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864, bowled exceptionally well, picking 1/7 in two overs.
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