Kent v Sussex: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Match Recap
Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 batted first and collected 216 runs in their allotted 40 overs. Most of the batsmen in the match struggled to score runs, but Mahmood played an exceptional knock of 58 runs. He was the only player in the entire game to take his score past fifty.
In reply, the home team was all out for 202 runs in 39 overs. Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Nash-c1247 was the top scorer for his side, collecting 49 runs at the top of the order. However, the team failed to keep wickets in tact, which cost them the game in the end.
Toss was won by Kent’s skipper Geraint http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217, who opted to bat first. He expected the conditions to get tougher for batting in the second half of the match, as the pitch would become slower.
The start for the visitors was not an ideal one, losing opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703 in the second over of the innings. He managed just 2 runs in his short stay at the crease.
However, Mahmood and Daniel Bell-Drummond steadied the ship for their side with a 54-run stand for the second wicket. The latter was dismissed after adding a quick fire 30 runs to the total off 28 balls.
This did not stop the flow of runs, as Mahmood was in tremendous form. He continued to score runs freely and got terrific support from South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-van-Jaarsveld-c74944. The pair put together 54 runs for the third wicket before the former got dismissed.
The star all-rounder played a spectacular innings, collecting 58 runs off 53 balls with the help of eight fours and one massive six.
There were no significant contributions from the other batsmen in the team, as wickets kept on tumbling until the end. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JC-Tredwell-c1676 managed 20 runs towards the end of the innings.
South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 picked up 3 wickets in the match, restricting the opposition to 216 all out in 40 overs.
The start to the run chase for Sussex was an impressive one, as openers Nash and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ed-Joyce-c1417 put together 76 runs for the first wicket. However, the opposition bounced back in the game with four quick wickets.
All of a sudden, the hosts were struggling at 83/4. Nash’s wicket was the most important one, as he was scoring his runs quickly. The flamboyant batsman got out after collecting 49 runs from 34 deliveries.
The Sussex innings was stabilised by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MH-Yardy-c1946, as the pair put together 50 runs for the fifth wicket. They failed to make most of the start to their respective outings and were dismissed for 34 and 23 respectively.
Parnell fought back for the hosts with a solid knock of 40 runs, but failed to guide his side to victory in the end, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 were all out for 202.
Kent’s Matt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Coles-c51379 did a decent job for his side, dismissing 2 batsmen in the match.
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