http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 amass a total of 121 runs – Live Score and Update
Durham 121 (19.2/20 ov) - Durham, who chose to bat
In the only Friends Life T20 match of the day, Durham managed to post a total of 121 runs, after the side chose to bat on winning the toss against rivals Lancashire, at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Durham knew that they needed to bat commendably against a team like Lancashire which is among the heavy weights in the English county and have players in their squad capable of chasing down even the mightiest of totals.
Nonetheless, Durham did not have an amazing start to their innings as they lost their first wicket with only 16 runs on the board when star opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HH-Gibbs-c1549 faltered on a tally of six.
BA Stokes was the next man to walk in the middle, but he too failed to leave his fans impressed as he found his way back of the pavilion after scoring an innings of just four runs. At the time of his demise, the side had managed to post only 29 runs on the board.
Opener P Mustard and middle-order batsman, JG Myburgh then led a rebuild phase in order to halt the bowling onslaught.
However, before things could really get out of hand, the fielding side struck gold by dismissing Mustard for 22, at a time when the batting side had amassed a tally of 47 runs.
Skipper, DM Benkenstein, then lost his wicket after playing a tiny knock of two runs, followed by the wicket of JG Myburgh, who was removed after he had amassed 22 runs.
With things slipping out of the hands of the batting contingent, GR Breese pulled off an astound innings of 33 runs before getting caught by Croft, off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241. At the time of his wicket, Durham had managed to post 109 runs.
The total was still not big enough for the batsmen to relax, and the remaining batting line-up knew that they needed to keep the scoreboard ticking in order to post a total worth fighting for, nonetheless, they faltered with four deliveries remaining in their innings.
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