Middlesex vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 – County Championship Division 1 – Day 1 – Live Cricket Score and Update
Jade Dernbach’s inspired bowling performance put Surrey on top, limiting Middlesex to 225 for 9 on a rain-hit first day of the County Championship match, played at Lord’s, London, on April 12, 2012.
On a cloudy morning, Surrey’s skipper Rory Hamilton Brown elected to field first and his bowlers turned out in venom to help their team claim ascendency. Initially, the Middlesex openers geared to the task well, with Sam Robson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703 weathering out
the new ball threat to add 33 in the first 10 overs.
However, momentum soon swung in the favour of the away team with Denly being the first victim of the morning, edging behind off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Lewis-c1726 to depart for 10. The second wicket managed to double the team’s tally before Dernbach got his first scalp, catching
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Rogers-c1249 (20) lbw.
A rain delay caused play to stop, with the players taking an extended lunch break. When cricket resumed, Dernbach again was in the thick of the action – accounting for skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Simpson-c1722 in the 32nd over of the game, after Linley
had dismissed opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sam-Robson-c2421 (40).
The hosts had lost their top 5 and looked in trouble but found stability through Dawid Malan’s unbeaten 62. The middle-order batter showed greater tenacity than his teammates to occupy the crease for exactly four hours, consuming a whopping 172 deliveries.
However, his endeavours managed his side to gain a precious batting point, despite the lower order succumbing to the Surrey bowlers. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457 reached 11 before Linley claimed his second wicket – cleaning him up with an excellent delivery.
Lewis than got his brace, disturbing the timber to send http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tim-Murtagh-c2673 and added a crucial 53. Murtagh’s 31-run knock came to an end after he failed to connect to a
slog sweep and was trapped in front.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 it out with a bold knock of 16, before falling in the penultimate over of the game to Chris Jordan.
The no.11, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Corey-Collymore-c1283 opened his account with a double as Middlesex ended the day on a somewhat, disappointing 225.
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