Middlesex cruise to victory against Kent by nine wickets: County Championship Division Two
Middlesex crushed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Monday, June 20, 2011. The hosts needed 167 runs for victory, which they achieved easily in the end, losing just one batsman.
The conditions were very good for the bowlers at the Lord’s cricket ground, as 23 wickets fell on the opening day’s play. The ball did quite a lot of tricks off the seam and it was really a batsman’s nightmare in the middle. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 were fortunate to win the toss and opt to field. Any captain would have done the same, considering the conditions.
As expected, the Kent batsmen struggled to cope with the conditions when they came out to bat. They lost wickets at regular intervals and limped to 22 runs, losing six wickets during the process.
There was some resistance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 all-rounder didn’t find any support from the other end, as the entire team was dismissed for 87 runs.
Middlesex’s bowlers had a very good day. They enjoyed the bowling conditions and got wickets with ease. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Corey-Collymore-c1283, who grabbed three wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472he home team didn’t manage to post a huge first innings total, but gained a useful lead, scoring 153 runs. They got a solid 66-run lead, which put the Kent team under immense pressure.
Mahmood had a very good match overall, as he took wickets and scored runs. He was in menacing form and caused a lot of problems for the hosts’ batsmen, picking up six wickets.
Kent’s struggle continued in the match, as their batsmen failed to make an impression in their second outing. The team’s opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703, played well this time around, scoring 30 runs at the top of the order.
However, the star of the show for Kent was their batsmen from the lower-order, Mahmood and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Hewitt-Cook-c90350. They scored 50 and 51 runs in their respective knocks. This effort led the team to 232 in the end, giving an overall lead of 166 runs over the opposition.
Murtagh was once again in the spotlight, taking four wickets in the innings.
Middlesex had no issues during their chase, as they reached the target easily in the end. They lost only one wicket in their innings, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sam-David-Robson-c88185 played well, scoring an unbeaten 95 runs for his side and guiding them to victory.
The only wicket to fall in the innings was picked up by Denly.
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