Lancashire v Gloucestershire: Clydesdale Bank 40
Lancashire prevailed over Gloucestershire by six wickets and seven balls remaining in a match of the Clydesdale Bank 40 at the old Trafford, Manchester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, August 5, 2011.
The hosts had to chase down 236 runs for victory from their allotted 40 overs. The achieved the target in less than 39 overs in the end, losing just four wickets. Middle-order player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Horton-c2167 played a vital role in his team’s success, collecting an unbeaten 95 runs.
Earlier, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 was the top scorer of the innings with 64 runs.
The visitors’ skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 had opted to bat first after winning the toss. The pitch was perfect for batting and remained good until the end.
Gloucestershire’s start was not an ideal one, as the team lost opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525 early. The Kiwi batsman managed just 8 runs in his short stay at the crease.
Despite being under pressure at the start of the innings, the visitors bounced back nicely with a solid partnership between Gidman and Williamson. The pair put together 61 runs for the second wicket partnership before the former was dismissed. He failed to make most of the start to his innings, collecting 22 runs for his side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Taylor-c1253 walked out in the middle and attacked the opposition from the start of his innings. He collected 25 runs off just 22 balls, but failed to carry on and was the third wicket to fall in the innings.
Williamson did not throw his wicket away after getting a start, as the youngster collected 64 runs off 75 balls with the help of a couple of boundaries.
The innings was then carried forward by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Batty-c1728, as the pair collected 69 runs for the fifth wicket partnership. They were dismissed in the death overs after adding 59 and 29 runs to the total respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Parry-c2573 was the pick of the bowlers, as he dismissed three batsmen in the innings, restricting the opposition to 235/6.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Smith-c2704 and Karl Brown opened the innings for Lancashire, but the latter was unable to get going. He got out after adding just 4 runs to the total.
Lancashire’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598, who also got out after getting a start of 29 runs.
Middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jordan-Clark-c69229 was the fourth wicket to fall in the innings after collecting 8 runs, leaving the hosts in a spot of bother at 113/4.
However, Horton and wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Cross-c1459 put together and unbeaten 123 runs for the fifth wicket, guiding the team to an easy win in the end. They scored 95 and 66 in their impressive outings.
Gloucestershire’s bowlers did not have a very good day, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Graham-Downton-c44379 Young bowled well. He picked up one wicket for 37 runs in his spell.
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