Leicestershire clinch a thrilling victory over Derbyshire: Friends Life T20 – Second Innings Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Friday, July 8, 2011.
However, the visitors got away with a respectable total in the end, but would have been even more pleased if they had batted their complete 20 overs. The team was all-out in 19.4 overs after collecting exactly 150 runs.
The target was not a very difficult one for Leicestershire, as they had plenty of depth in their batting line-up. However, the hosts had to battle it out until the last over of the innings, but eventually emerged victorious by two wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Alexander-Simson-Taylor-c65427 made the difference, scoring a terrific half-century for the home team. He also earned the Player-of-the-Match award for his excellent performance.
There wasn’t http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 change in the playing conditions once the Leicestershire batsmen walked out in the middle to bat. There was a heavy cloud cover over the field, which offered some support to the swing bowlers, but the pitch remained hard and dry.
Leicestershire’s start was very good compared to the opposition. The team’s openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 one and was sent back to the pavilion
after adding 15 runs to the total from 14 balls.
Will Jefferson was also not able to make most of the start he got to his innings and was dismissed after collecting 10 runs off 11 balls. He was followed by Cobb, who batted sensibly for his run-a-ball 27, but was unable to capitalise on his start.
Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the wicket.
Wickets kept on tumbling, as wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Andrew-White-c96336 were dismissed after scoring seven runs each in their short outings.
Leicestershire had lost six wickets for just 91 runs on the board and were under immense pressure at that stage of the innings. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacques-Du-Toit-c65245 contributed 45 runs for the seventh wicket partnership, putting the team back on track.
There was another twist in the match when Taylor got out after scoring 53 runs from 31 deliveries. However, du Toit didn’t lose patience and remained unbeaten on 22, guiding his team to victory in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Francis-Hughes-c50563 bowled superbly, picking up 4/23 in his spell, but the effort went in vain.
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