Match between Durham and Derbyshire ended with no result due to rain: Friends Life Twenty20
A match of the Friends Life Twenty20 between Durham and Derbyshire, ended in no result after rain came pouring down, at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, in England, on Sunday, June 12, 2011.
The game could have been an interesting one, as the visitors had posted a decent target of 170 runs for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 to chase.
However, the hosts were unable to face a single delivery due to rain and the crowd was left disappointed by the weather. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Lee-Madsen-c96356 provided some entertainment to the fans though, scoring 54 runs in the match.
South Africa’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302, who is the leader of Durham, won the toss and opted to field first.
The pitch was good for the batsmen, but the overcast conditions were expected to offer some assistance to the seam bowlers.
However, the visitors batted well overall and weren’t bothered http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 by the movement of the new ball.
The start to the Derbyshire innings was not good, as they lost opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789, who failed to get going and was sent back to the pavilion after a struggling stay. He only managed one runs from six balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885, stabilized the inning somewhat. The pair put together 49 runs for the second wicket partnership and scored runs at a decent pace.
Guptill was the more aggressive of the two and scored 44 runs off 31 deliveries with the help of eight fours. He missed-out on a half-century though and was dismissed in the 11th over of the innings.
Hughes played steadily at the start of the innings and lifted his strike-rate afterwards. He ended up with 48 runs off 44 balls, striking two fours and the same number of sixes.
The stylish first-drop was dismissed in the 16th over of the innings. He was involved in a 60-run stand with Madsen for the third wicket before walking back.
Madsen took full advantage of the solid platform laid by the Derbyshire’s top-order and scored a blistering half-century. He clobbered 54 runs from 27 deliveries with the help of seven fours and one massive six before he was sent back to the pavilion on
the last ball of the 19th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Onions-c1449, who picked up one wicket for just 18 runs in four overs.
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