Lancashire rout Derbyshire by 10 wickets: Friends Life T20 – Match Recap
Lancashire crushed Derbyshire by 10 wickets and 66 balls remaining in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the old Trafford, Manchester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Sunday, July 3, 2011.
The visitors were restricted to 81/8 in their outing. They failed to cope with the quality bowling attack of the Lancashire team. Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037, was the pick of the bowlers, as he dismissed three batsmen in the match.
There was no trouble for the hosts once they came out to bat, as they achieved the target easily in nine overs without losing a single wicket. Opening batsman, Stephen Moore, played exceptionally well, scoring 54 runs for his team.
Derbyshire’s captain, Luke Sutton, had opted to bat first after winning the toss. The pitch appeared to be good for the batsmen, but it had a little bit of moisture beneath it. This gave the edge to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 bowlers, as they enjoyed the conditions.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789 was the first man to be dismissed in the Derbyshire innings. He failed to get going and managed just five runs in his short stay at the crease.
The team’s first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Lee-Madsen-c96356, looked to attack the bowlers, but he was unable to cause too many problems for the opposition. He collected 10 runs off eight balls before being dismissed.
Just one run later, Gary Park was sent back to the hut. He failed to trouble the scorers and was dismissed off the very first ball he faced in his innings.
New Zealand’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885, had been in decent form for Derbyshire, but struggled to get going against Lancashire. The Kiwi star limped to eight runs off 15 deliveries before being dismissed.
Three wickets fell in a span of four runs, which put the visitors in deep trouble. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Francis-Hughes-c50563 tried to steady the ship for their side with a 29-run stand for the fifth wicket.
The latter got out after scoring 16 runs from 26 deliveries and was followed by Whiteley, who managed 14 runs off 25 balls in his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729 tried to bat until the end and guide his team’s total above 100, but his effort came to an end after scoring 15 runs. Derbyshire only managed 81 runs for the loss of eight batsmen in their allotted 20 overs, which almost made the result certain.
Junaid was impressive in his spell, picking up three wickets for just 12 runs in four overs.
The chase was not difficult for Lancashire batsmen, as their openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Michael-John-Smith-c93671, achieved the target in nine overs. They remained unbeaten on 54 and 26 respectively, guiding the team to a 10-wicket win.
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