Match between Somerset and Sussex ends in no result: Friends Life T20
The match between Somerset and Sussex ended in no result after rain interrupted play in the Friends Life T20 encounter, at the County Ground, Taunton in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Friday, June 24, 2011.
Only 15 overs per side was possible in the match, but the second innings was left incomplete, leaving the fans and both teams disappointed in the end, as the umpires decided to end the match with no result.
The home team would have been really disappointed, as they were in a very good position after the end of 15 overs. The team had reached 177 runs for the loss of four wickets.
Somerset’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Edward-Trescothick-c74400, was the star of the show, scoring an unbeaten 87 in the match. He could have easily scored a ton if the match was not reduced to 15 overs per side.
In reply to the massive target set by the home team, Sussex reached 40 in just 3.4 overs, losing two wickets. However, the innings was stopped due to rain at that point and no play was possible after that. The match could have ended in a thrilling finish,
but the weather didn’t turn out to be ideal for cricket.
There was a heavy cloud cover over the field and showers were expected to interrupt play. Toss was won by the visitors’ captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murray-Goodwin-c2040, who decided to field first. He expected the ball to do some tricks due to the overcast conditions, but his decision
proved to be wrong in the end, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 got away with a massive total.
The start to the home team’s innings was not an ideal one, as they lost opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-David-Trego-c81582 early. He only managed two runs and was sent back to the pavilion in the very first over of the innings.
Craig Meschede was the next wicket to fall in the innings after scoring just five runs in his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease.
The innings was then held together by Trescothick and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Charles-Hildreth-c65540. The pair collected 62 runs for the third wicket partnership before the latter got out after scoring 39 runs off 21 balls.
Wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754, in the middle. He smashed the ball to all parts of the park along with his skipper and both ended the innings positively.
Tresothick and Pollard remained unbeaten on 87 and 40 respectively, guiding their team into a very good position.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Liddle-c1245 was the pick of the bowlers for his side, dismissing two batsmen.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Kartik-c78034 took one wicket in the match for Somerset.
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