Lancashire overcame Worcestershire in a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 encounter
Lancashire held onto their nerves to win against Worcestershire by eight runs in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the Old Trafford, Manchester, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, June 3, 2011.
The hosts piled up 154 runs in their innings and restricted the opposition to 146 in their allotted 20 overs. The star of the show for Lancashire was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Keedy-c58524, who bowled a tremendous spell, picking up three wickets in the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806, elected to bat first after winning the toss. The pitch was good for batting, but it was a touch slower compared to some other wickets in the country, which didn’t allow the batsmen to free their arms with ease.
Lancashire were given a solid start by their openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Michael-John-Smith-c93671. The pair put together 40 runs for the first wicket and didn’t have many problems.
However, both the openers were removed in a span of just five runs after scoring 28 and 13 runs respectively. Croft and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-James-Horton-c81097 constructed another good partnership in the Lancashire innings, taking the team’s total to 87 in 11.3 overs, before the latter
got out after adding 20 runs to the total.
Croft was also unable to capitalise on the start he got to his innings and was sent back to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs from 17 balls. He was followed by wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Cross-c1459, who only managed nine runs in his short stay at the crease.
Cameos of 17 and 14 from lower-order batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Hogg-c1824 helped the home team take their total past 150.
The bowlers did get some assistance off the pitch, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jack-David-Shantry-c65109 took a couple of wickets each in the match for the visitors.
Worcestershire got off to a decent start to their innings, as openers, Ali and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vikram-Singh-Solanki-c95274 put together 33 runs in just 17 balls for the first wicket partnership.
However, Ali got out after scoring a quick fire 24 from 11 deliveries with the help of six boundaries.
Solanki also failed to make most of the start he got to his innings and had to take the long walk back to the pavilion after adding 13 runs to the total.
Wickets started to tumble after that and none of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 batsmen managed to play with maturity.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of the hosts’ total.
Keedy made the difference in the match, picking up three wickets for just 14 runs in his four-over spell.
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