Lancashire v Northamptonshire: Friends Life T20 - First Innings Recap
Lancashire edged to a three run victory over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011.
The visitors only managed 110 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 20 overs. None of their batsman managed to even reach twenties and the highest score came from wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Cross-c1459, who scored 18 runs.
It appeared that the hosts would chase the target easily, considering the depth they had in their batting. However, they fell three runs short of the target despite a superb half-century from middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-George-Wakely-c43114.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583, opted to bat first after winning the toss. The pitch had assistance for both batsmen and the bowlers. It was a hard wicket and there was a lot of bounce and carry for the quicker bowlers.
Although there wasn’t http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 swing in the air for the bowlers, the ball did a lot off the pitch, which made life difficult for the batsmen. However, the conditions remained the same throughout the game, which made the competition even.
The start to the visitors’ innings was a disappointing one, as they lost opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040, who took a fabulous
catch.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Michael-John-Smith-c93671 and Croft tried to play steadily in order to build a solid partnership, but failed to do so. The latter was sent back to the pavilion after adding 11 runs to the total from 12 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease. He reached 16 runs off just 11 balls, but was unlucky
to be run-out.
Sri Lanka’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MF-Maharoof-c1944 and Cross put together 25 runs for the fifth-wicket partnership, rescuing their team from trouble. The latter got out after contributing 18 runs off 17 balls to the total. He struck three boundaries in his cameo knock, but failed
to carry onto the start he got to his innings.
Maharoof was the next man to be dismissed after adding 14 runs to the total. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Anthony-Procter-c73259 tried to bat until the end in order to guide the visitors to a respectable total. He limped to 13 runs off 25 balls and got out in the death overs.
Lancashire were restricted to 110/9 at the end of their innings. They were troubled by the opposition’s captain Hall, who took three wickets for 17 runs in his spell of four overs.
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