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Middlesex 207/2 (20/20 ov) v Kent 159/7 (20.0/20 ov) - Middlesex won by 48 runs
In the second Friends Life T20 match of the day, Middlesex secured a 48-run win against Kent, after successfully defending a total of 207 runs, at St http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canterbury-c775.
After winning the toss, Middlesex chose to bat first, as they wanted to post maximum number of the runs on the board to beat Kent.
The start was beyond any expectations as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200 hammered 127 runs together, leaving the bowling attack of the opposition in complete pain.
The two batsmen knew that they needed to play their part in guiding their team to a hefty total on the board, which would then be just too much for Kent to chase down.
Finally on the penultimate delivery of the 12th overs, Kent struck for the first time by nabbing the wicket of Stirling, who fell after bolstering a knock of 63 runs.
Meanwhile, his opening partner kept calm and exhibited his phenomenal class by smashing impressive shots all around the park.
He was joined by, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419, who aided the team by hammering an innings of 36 runs off 18 deliveries, as the side belted a resounding total on the board, with Denly unbeaten on 90 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 had an equally impressive start, as openers SA Northeast and SW Billings jabbed a stand of 90 runs to give their team a fine start, after which Billings became the first casualty from his side, faltering after hammering an innings of 43 runs.
Then with 99 runs on the board, number-three batsman, DI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368, met failure after posting only a run.
All-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116, then provided a potent support to his opener as the two took the score to 120 runs, before Middlesex bowler, NJ Dexter, finally managed to break the stinging partnership on dismissing Northeast for a knock of 60 runs.
On the next delivery, Mahmood also perished, after batting a knock of 13 runs off 10 deliveries, which triggered a batting collapse as Kent could muster only 159 runs in 20 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
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