Matt Prior shines in Sussex win against Kent: Friends Life T20 – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Friday, July 8, 2011.
The visitors scored 159 runs for the loss of six wickets in their outing. The innings was dominated by England’s star wicketkeeper batsman, Prior, who top scored the match with 89 runs.
Kent struggled in their outing and failed to achieve the target in the end. The team managed 144 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Darren http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 remained unbeaten on 65, but his efforts went in vain.
Robert Key, who is the captain of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802, decided to field first after winning the toss. He expected his bowlers to get some assistance in the first half hour of the match, but the decision proved to be wrong, as the visitors got away with plenty of runs.
Prior opened the innings alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ed-Joyce-c1417 and the pair batted brilliantly in the first five overs. They put together 47 runs before the latter was sent back to the pavilion after adding 15 runs off 13 deliverers.
The fall of wickets didn’t hurt the Sussex team, as their first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Brown-c1131, gave tremendous support to Prior. Both players collected 69 runs for the second wicket partnership, guiding the team’s total above 100.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brown-c48671 was dismissed after contributing 20 runs to the total from 21 deliveries. He struck no boundary in his stay at the crease and rotated the strike over to his aggressive partner at the other end.
There was no other batsman in the lower-order to reach double figures, but the team had no issues at all, as Prior batted until the end. He got out in the death overs after scoring 89 runs from 59 balls, with the help of nine fours and two massive sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839, who took three wickets for 22 runs in his spell.
In reply, the hosts failed to challenge the opposition, as only three batsmen in their innings managed to reach double figures.
Openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-Sagar-c46915, who was unfortunate to be run-out after collecting 12 runs.
The lower-order failed miserably after the wickets fell early. Stevens was the only batsman to threaten the opposition, as he scored an unbeaten 65 off 53 balls, smashing four fours and two massive sixes. His effort went in vain though, as the home team
only managed 144 runs in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 shined with the ball for his team, picking up three wickets in the match and also ran Mahmood out.
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