Lancashire 2nd XI v Warwickshire 2nd XI: Second Eleven Trophy – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 2nd XI’s Innings
Lancashire 2nd XI overcame the Warwickshire 2nd XI by 39 runs in a match of the Second Eleven Trophy at the Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club Ground in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Tuesday, August 2, 2011.
The visitors batted first and collected 240 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 40 overs. There were a few solid contributions by the team’s batsmen, but the highest score came from middle-order player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luis-Michael-Reece-c73255, who ended up with an impressive
50 runs.
In reply, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ateeq-Javid-c1104 was the top scorer of the match with 58 runs, but lacked support from the other end.
Toss was won by the home team and they put the opposition into bat. The pitch appeared to be good for the batsmen, but Javid predicted some assistance for the bowlers in the first hour of play.
This was certainly not the case, as the Lancashire 2nd XI team got off to a fantastic start. Openers Andrea Agathangelou and Louis Bentley put together a solid half-century partnership at the top of the order.
The pair collected 84 runs for the first wicket, guiding their side into a very good position. Agathangelou played really well, but missed out on a half-century by five runs, as he got out after scoring 45 runs.
Bentley also failed to make most of the start he got to his innings and was dismissed after contributing 36 runs to the total.
Both openers got out in a span of seven runs, but the innings was held together by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jordan-Clark-c69229 and Reece. The pair put together 89 runs for the third wicket partnership, gaining tremendous momentum.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clark-c51118 was unable to carry onto the start, as he got out after adding 39 runs to the total. However, Reece made most of the good batting conditions, collecting exactly 50 runs for his side.
The lower-order of the Lancashire 2nd XI team struggled to make a significant impression, as wickets started to tumble towards the end of the innings. The team’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Parry-c2573 played well, collecting 29 runs in the end. He got little support
from wicketkeeper batsman A http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Davis-c53314, who got out after contributing 10 runs to the total.
The visitors looked to score well above 250 at one stage of the innings, but had to settle down with 240 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the end.
The hosts’ Naqaash Tahir led the fight back for his side, picking up four wickets in the match.
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