Lancashire v Sussex: Friends Life Twenty20 – Quarter-Final – Lancashire’s Innings
Lancashire prevailed over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 easily by 20 runs in a Quarter-Final match of the Friends Life Twenty20 at the County Ground, Hove in England on Monday, August 8, 2011.
The visitors batted first and managed 152 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. The highest scorer of the innings was seasoned player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Horton-c2167, who ended up with an unbeaten 49 runs.
Sussex struggled to bat once they came out to bat and the team was restricted to 132 for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Only three batsmen in the innings managed to reach double figures with the highest score coming from Pakistan’s
Naved-ul-Hasan, who ended up with 34 runs.
The pitch was not one of the best for the batsmen, as it was on the slower side. However, the team batting first was expected to have a better chance of winning the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583 was lucky to win the toss and he decided to bat first without any hesitation. Although he predicted the wicket to get slower in the second half, the seasoned campaigner did not underestimate the opposition at all.
The start for the visitors was not a very good one, as they lost a few wickets early without many runs on the board.
Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Moore-c2572 was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after adding just 4 runs to the total. He smashed a boundary of the first ball he faced and got out of the very next one.
Croft came out in an attacking mood, but was unable to make most of the start he got to his innings. The Lancashire skipper got out after scoring 19 runs from 13 deliveries with the help of three fours and one massive six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Smith-c2704 was the third wicket to fall in the Lancashire innings, as the opener was sent back to the pavilion after contributing 12 runs to the total from 10 balls.
The innings was put on track by seasoned batsmen Karl Brown and Horton, as the pair collected 61 runs for the fourth wicket partnership. The former played aggressively, scoring 44 runs off 31 balls with the help of one four and four massive sixes. He was
dismissed in the 14th over of the innings.
However, Horton played sensibly and remained unbeaten until the end. He collected 49 runs off 44 balls, guiding his side’s total above 150 in the end.
South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024, who scalped one wicket for 15 runs in his spell of bowling.
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