Leicestershire v Lancashire: Friends Life Twenty20 – 1st Semi-Final – Lancashire’s Innings
Abdul Razzaq’s quick fire cameo guided Leicestershire into a solid position against Lancashire in the first Semi-Final of the Friends Life Twenty20 against Lancashire at the Edgbaston, Birmingham in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Saturday, August 27, 2011.
The team had ended up with 132/6 in their allotted 18 overs. Two overs were lost due to rain, which had affected quite a lot of games in England this summer.
The weather remained tricky throughout the game, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806’s innings had to be stopped due to rain. This was disappointing for the spectators and both teams, but they were lucky to have some action once again in the day, as the conditions improved.
Lancashire’s target was revised to 80 in 11 overs according to the Duckworth/Lewis (D/L) method. However, the team managed to tie the game, collecting 79 runs for the loss of six batsmen in their allotted overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Moore-c2572 was the top scorer for his side, scoring 43 runs, but was unable to guide his side to victory. The match had to be decided on the one-over eliminator in the end.
Conditions remained pretty much the same throughout the day. The pitch had some bite for the bowlers, but it was still very good for batting. This made the competition even in the end.
Lancashire were given a very good start by their openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Hoggard-c1926 led side would win the game easily.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 was unable to make a big impression, as he got out for 9 runs off 8 deliveries. His partner at the other end was attacking the opposition’s bowlers and was looking dangerous.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583 was the next man to be dismissed in the innings. He struggled to get going in his outing and managed just 10 runs off 16 balls. This put his side under immense pressure, as the required run-rate was climbing with every dot delivery.
Karl Brown got out after adding just 2 runs to the total, but the bigger loss of the team was the wicket of Moore. Both batsmen gave their wickets away on consecutive balls with the latter ending up with 43 runs off 31 balls. His innings included seven fours
and one towering six.
Lancashire seemed to be in deep trouble, but wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Cross-c1459 scored a quick fire 12 off 5, which levelled the score.
Leicestershire’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joshua-Cobb-c1739 changed the game for his side, picking up two wickets in one over.
The game was still not over, as both sides headed out for the one-over eliminator. Batting first, Lancashire managed 13 runs, but they failed to defend it in the end. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 reached 14 runs off just 5 balls, which earned them a berth in the Final
of the tournament.
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