Lancashire v Nottinghamshire: Friends Life T20 – Match Recap
Lancashire thumped Nottinghamshire by nine wickets and nine balls remaining in a match of the Friends Life T20, at the Old Trafford, Manchester in England, on Sunday, July 10, 2011.
The match didn’t start on the scheduled time, as the outfield was wet due to rain. However, the spectators were delighted to see the players finally making it to the field for some action.
The match was revised to 15 overs per side and the visitors managed 105 for the loss of five wickets in their outing. Their captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Charles-Voges-c41889, ended up being the top scorer of the innings with 29 runs.
Lancashire didn’t have many problems once they came out for the chase. The team achieved the target easily in the 14th over of the innings, losing just one batsman in the process.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583, who was the skipper of the hosts, was the top scorer of the match with an unbeaten half-century. Earlier, he had elected to field first after winning the toss. He expected the outfield to be slower in the first half of the match, which could
cost the opposition some runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826. The pair put together 42 runs for the first wicket partnership before the latter was dismissed. He struggled to get going and managed 14 runs off 16 deliveries with the help
of a couple of boundaries.
Just four runs later, Hales was also sent back to the pavilion. The seasoned campaigner looked threatening in his cameo innings and collected 24 runs from 19 balls, smashing two fours and one six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, failed to make an impression. He managed only 10 runs off the same number of deliveries faced in his short stay at the crease.
However, the innings was held together by Voges and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Hendrik-Wessels-c75170. The pair contributed 32 runs for the fourth wicket partnership before the latter was dismissed after collecting a useful 19 runs.
Voges guided his team’s total above 100 with a run-a-ball 29 in the end. He was dismissed in the final over of the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Keedy-c58524 did a superb job with the ball, picking up two wickets for 14 runs in his three-over spell.
Lancashire lost opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the wicket.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Michael-John-Smith-c93671 and Croft put together an unbeaten 97-run stand for the second wicket, guiding their team to an easy win. They remained unbeaten on 45 and 53 respectively.
The lone wicket to fall in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-James-Phillips-c47589.
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