Leicestershire v Northamptonshire: Clydesdale Bank 40 - Match Recap
Leicestershire eased to victory by five wickets and 56 balls remaining against Northamptonshire in a Group B match of the Clydesdale Bank 40, at the Grace Road, Leicester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, July 24, 2011.
The visitors were restricted to 206 runs in their allotted 40 overs. Their skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040, was the top scorer of the innings with a terrific knock of 67 runs.
In reply, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 batsmen didn’t find any difficulties to chase down the target. The team reached 209 runs in just 30.4 overs, losing five batsmen in the process.
The hosts’ opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joshua-Cobb-c1739, was the top scorer of the match with an unbeaten 91. He would have liked to reach three figures, but would have been pleased to end up on the winning side.
There was some dampness in the pitch, which forced the home team’s captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-McDonald-c1042 to field first after winning the toss. His decision proved to be a very good one, as batting became much easier in the second half of the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mal-Loye-c1879 early. The seasoned campaigner was in an attacking mood and scored a run-a-ball 13 with the help of one four and a six.
Wicketkeeper batsman Niall O’Brien was the next man to be dismissed in the innings after adding just four runs to the total. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-James-Boyd-Moss-c86323 Newton, who failed to open his account and had to take a long walk back to the pavilion.
Rob White also struggled to get going and got out after collecting just six runs, leaving the visitors in deep trouble, at 45/4.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Peters-c2574 and Hall, put together a fabulous partnership of 91 runs for the fifth-wicket, guiding the team into a safer position. They collected 63 and 67 in their respective outings.
An unbeaten 26 off 22 from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Middlebrook-c1651 took the visitors’ total above 200 in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nadeem-Malik-c78411 was the pick of the bowlers amongst the home team, as he dismissed three batsmen.
Leicestershire went off to tremendous start, as the playing conditions had eased out for batting. The team’s openers Cobb and McDonald put together 58 runs for the first wicket before the latter got out after scoring 35 runs.
There were some little contributions from the middle-order, but they were more than enough, as Cobb batted until the end. He collected 91 runs from 88 balls, guiding his side to an easy win by five wickets.
Middlebrook took a couple of wickets for Northamptonshire, but was unable to guide his side to victory.
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