http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 v Netherlands: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Match Recap
Kent overcame the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, August 14, 2011.
The visitors had collected 199 runs in their allotted 40 overs, losing six wickets in the process. The highlight of the innings was an unbeaten 78-run knock by lower-order player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mudassar-Bukhari-c77863, who ended up being the top scorer of the match.
In reply, Kent did not have many problems to chase the target down. The team achieved the total in 35.5 overs, losing six wickets. Darren http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 top scored the innings with 70 runs.
Earlier, the Netherlands’ skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PW-Borren-c2225 chose to bat first after winning the toss. The pitch was good for the batsmen and a high scoring game was expected.
However, the visitors got off to a disappointing start, losing a couple of batsmen early in the innings. Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/W-Barresi-c2773, who
managed 5 runs in his short stay at the wicket.
A 50-run stand for the third wicket between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Swart-c76222 and Wilfred Diepeveen guided the team out of trouble. The latter was unable to make most of the start he got to his innings though, getting out for 27 runs.
Borren was the next man to be dismissed in the innings after adding just 7 runs to the total. Just a couple of run later, Swart was also sent back to the pavilion after collecting 17 runs in his outing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timothy-Gruijters-c94014 got out after scoring just a couple of runs, leaving the visitors in deep trouble at 75/6.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TN-de-Grooth-c2694 and Bukhari rescued their team from disaster with a solid century stand for the seventh wicket. The pair put together an unbeaten 124 runs, stretching their score to 199 until the end of the innings.
Bukhari played attacking cricket, collecting 78 runs off just 62 balls with the help of seven fours and a couple of massive sixes. He got terrific support from de Grooth, who ended up with 37 off 49.
Kent’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Ball-c41883 picked up a couple of wickets in the match, but the opposition got away with a good total in the end.
The hosts were in a spot of bother, losing a few wickets at the start of the innings. Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116, who collected 20.
Daniel Bell-Drummond and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-van-Jaarsveld-c74944 were the next two batsmen to be dismissed in the innings after scoring 17 and 11 respectively, leaving the hosts in trouble at 51/4.
However, Stevens and wicketkeeper batsman Sam Northeast took the game away from the opposition with a spectacular 132-run partnership for the fifth wicket. The former got out after scoring 70 runs, but Northeast remained unbeaten on 58 until the end.
The visitors’ http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Mott-c89681 picked up three wickets in the match, but failed to restrict the opposition below the target.
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