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First Innings Recap
Batting first, Guernsey scored 212 in 49.2 overs in a One Day game of the ICC World Cricket League Division Six against Kuwait today, September 20, 2011, at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur.
Kuwait won the toss and elected to field first, inviting Guernsey to bat. Guernsey accepted the invitation happily and started their innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lee-Savident-c72411 as openers.
The start was good as the openers forged a partnership of 43 runs before Smit fell for 13 in the 10th over. He played 26 balls and hit 2 fours.
The one-down batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jeremy-David-John-Frith-c66866, seemed to be in great form as he took an astonishing start with sterling boundaries and easy doubles.
The second wicket partnership added 27 in the innings before Savident went back in the 14th over after making 29 off 46 deliveries with the help of 3 fours and a six. The next batsman, Tim Ravenscroft, failed to face the furious bowlers of the
rival team as he could not even open his account.
In the middle-order, Ross Kneller and Ben Ferbrache, showed some resistance against the odds, scoring 16 and 23 respectively. The skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-E-Le-Prevost-c91448, made just 3 runs off 9 balls.
The lower-order was also unimpressive as only one of the four batsmen could reach double figures. David Hooper and Jamie Nussbaumer scored 4 and 7 respectively. The wicketkeeper batsman, Tom Kimber, was unbeaten on 11 while the tail ender, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-J-Rich-c58512, fell
for 1.
In face of all the odds, Frith stayed on the crease confidently and kept firing with the bat till the 44th over of the innings, lashing a fabulous 82 off 95 balls, with the help of 6 epic boundaries.
Guernsey totalled 212 at the rate of 4.29 runs per over. The innings tally included 23 extras.
In the bowling line-up of Kuwait, Sibtain Raza was the top wicket taker as he bowled 4 players out for just 35 runs followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hisham-Mirza-c63244 took one wicket each.
Bhatti and Aamir Javed will open the innings for Kuwait, hopeful of chasing the target successfully.
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