http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 v Derbyshire: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Derbyshire’s Innings Recap
Middlesex cruised to victory against Derbyshire by seven wickets and 66 balls remaining in a match of the Clydesdale Bank 40 at the Lord’s, London in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Thursday, July 28, 2011.
Batting first, the Derbyshire team had collected 173 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 40 overs. Most of the batsmen struggled to get going throughout the innings, but seasoned campaigner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789 played well. He top scored the innings with 45 runs.
In reply, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472he hosts didn’t have many problems, chasing the target down. The team only lost three wickets, scoring 174 runs in just 29 overs. Although none of the batsmen managed to score a half-century, there were some solid contributions, which made the chase easy in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200 played an impressive knock of 43 runs, guiding his side to a comfortable victory.
Earlier, the Derbyshire skipper Luke Sutton opted to bat first after winning the toss. He expected the pitch to suit the batsmen, but things went totally wrong for the visitors, as the team failed to even reach 200.
Derbyshire went off to a struggling start, as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Hughes-c1233 were unable to cope up with the seaming conditions. The latter got out after adding just seven runs to the total with the help of one boundary.
Just one run later, Guptill was also sent back to the pavilion. The star http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 player did not look comfortable in the middle and finally got wrapped on the pads in-front of the stumps, getting out leg-before-wicket. He ended up with nine runs off 18 deliveries.
The visitors needed some sort of a partnership going in order to put the innings back on track. Durston and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Madsen-c2784 played solid cricket and put together a crucial 51-run stand for the third wicket.
Just when things started to look good for the Derbyshire team, Madsen got dismissed. He failed to make most of the start, getting out for 20 runs off 29 deliveries with the help of a couple of boundaries.
Sinking Derbyshire deeper, Durston was also dismissed after making a solid contribution of 45 runs to the total. He looked relaxed in the middle and did not waste too many deliveries, scoring his runs off 49 balls. He struck three fours and one towering six in his impressive knock.
Adding insult to injury, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Andrew-Whiteley-c86874, who managed nine runs in his short stay at the crease.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Garry-Park-c1464 tried to steady the ship for his side, but got dismissed after adding 25 runs to the total from 46 deliveries. There was no significant performance from any of the lower-order players and the visitors were restricted to 173/9 in 40 overs.
The star of the show for Middlesex was tall seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566, who captured a five-wicket haul in the match.
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