Kent v Middlesex: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Kent’s Innings Recap
Kent required 264 runs for victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Tuesday, August 16, 2011.
The hosts had bounced back nicely in the match, as Middlesex were eying a massive total. However, Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 took 8 wickets together in the last 4.3 overs of the innings, shifting the momentum with their side.
This was just the half job done by the home team, as they still had to bat well in order to chase down more than 260 runs for victory. The team did have the batting strength to do so and ended up being winners by two wickets.
Middle-order batsman Darren Stevens was the top scorer of the innings with 65 runs, but the star of the show for Kent was Mahmood, who took 4 wickets and scored 49 runs in the game.
The pitch had remained good for the batsmen, as it was dry and hard. This allowed the home team to get off to a decent start.
Kent’s openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703 and Daniel Bell-Drummond put together 51 runs for the first wicket partnership before the latter was sent back to the pavilion after adding 17 runs to the total.
Denly was also unable to make most of the start he got to his innings, getting out after scoring 28 runs. He was followed by the team’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-van-Jaarsveld-c74944, who failed to open his account.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 had lost 3 wickets in a span of just 5 runs, which put the team under immense pressure.
However, Mahmood and Stevens rescued the team from trouble with a terrific half-century partnership for the fourth wicket. The pair put together 90 runs and played attacking cricket.
Mahmood missed out on a half-century by just one run, as he was sent back to the pavilion after collecting 49 runs off 43 balls with the help of four fours and one massive six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 was the next man to be dismissed in the innings, but he did a decent job for his team. The flamboyant batsman ended up with 65 runs off 54 deliveries, clobbering three fours and a couple of towering sixes.
The innings was carried forward from seasoned player Sam Northeast, who scored a crucial 57 runs towards the end of the innings. He got out on the last ball of the 39th over, but Wahab guided the team to a victory in the end, scoring an unbeaten
12 runs.
Middlesex’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Toby-Roland-Jones-c2696 was the pick of the bowlers for his side, dismissing 3 batsmen. However, he failed to win the game for the visitors.
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