http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885 guides Derbyshire to victory: Friends Life Twenty20 – Second Innings Report
Jim Troughton’s unbeaten half-century might have given some momentum to Warwickshire towards the end of the innings, against Derbyshire, in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the Highfield, Leek in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Sunday, June 26, 2011, but the target
of 138 runs was not http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 difficult for the Derbyshire batsmen.
The hosts didn’t have too many problems once they came out to bat and achieved the target in 18.5 overs with six wickets remaining. New Zealand’s, Martin Guptill, played a superb innings and ended up with 72 runs, which was the highest score in the match.
The pitch had eased out for the batsmen in the second half of the match. There was some assistance for the seamers in the first innings of the game, but things changed once the moisture dried out.
Derbyshire’s innings was started by their regular openers, Guptill and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789. The pair have provided some solid starts to their team in this year’s county matches and continued their good partnership in yesterday’s game as well.
Both batsmen piled up 53 runs for the first wicket, putting the opposition under immense pressure. However, Durston was unable to carry onto the start and was dismissed after collecting 22 runs off the same number of deliveries, striking three boundaries.
Although Warwickshire would have liked to get an early breakthrough, they would have still been pleased to see the back of the home team’s opener.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Hughes-c1233, who came into bat at number three, failed to make an impression and was sent back to the pavilion after adding just six runs to the total from 12 deliveries.
This would have given some hope to the visitors, but they failed to take quick wickets and pressurise the opposition. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Lee-Madsen-c96356 and Guptill put together 38 runs for the third wicket partnership, taking the game away from the visitors.
However, the Kiwi player failed to bat till the end and was dismissed after scoring a blistering 72 runs off just 44 balls. He was able to clear the boundary easily, striking three fours and six gigantic sixes. His innings really proved to be the difference
amongst both teams in the end.
Madsen also gave his wicket away after scoring 16 runs from 19 balls. He was well set and would have liked to remain unbeaten until the end, but failed to keep his focus going.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Andrew-Whiteley-c86874 didn’t feel any pressure when they came into the middle. They remained unbeaten on 15 and eight in their respective outings, guiding the home team to an easy win at the end of the day.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 team, who caused a few problems for the batsmen. He picked up one wicket for 21 runs in his four-over spell, but didn’t get any support from the other end.
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