Losing to Sussex is a harsh lesson, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525 – Cricket News Update
Gloucestershire’s T20 skipper, Hamish Marshall on Thursday said that losing to Sussex Sharks in the quarterfinal bout of the 2012 Friends Life T20 tournament was a harsh lesson. However, he was confident the side would soon come out of the mauling
at the hands of Sharks and will do well in the remaining two formats of the game, this season.
“Losing to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 is a harsh lesson, but it is all part of the process and the guys will learn from it and improve in the future,” said Marshall after his side faced a quarterfinal exit, with a 39-run defeat at the hands of Sussex, at County Ground,
Hove on Tuesday.
"I'm sure they will recover from this and go on to achieve bigger and better things in the future," he added further.
Riding on Scott Styris’ whirlwind century, which came off just 37 deliveries, the Sharks set a massive 20-overs total of 230 for 4. Styris’ herculean knock was well complemented by phenomenal half centuries from wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 (60)
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murray-Goodwin-c2040 (55).
In reply, the Gladiators were 191 for 8 at the end of their allotted quota of 20 overs. 40s from skipper Marshall, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 were not enough to take the tourists over the gigantic winning line.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marshall-c74817 admitted that being knocked out hurts, however he said that they had a young team that is still learning, and making it to the knockout stage is quite encouraging for them.
“We have played some very good cricket in t20 this summer and the guys can be proud of their efforts and the way in which they will improve,” maintained the New Zealander, who was given the reins of the Gladiators’ Twenty20 side ahead of the 2012 Flt20
campaign, to allow regular skipper Alex Gidman focus on his batting skills.
The former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 batsman also had a word of praise for compatriot, Scot Styris.
“I'm not surprised because I've seen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Scott-c1140 do that sort of thing before,” said Marshall. “He is a class act and he pulled out a magnificent performance to halt our tournament,,” he added further.
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