Middlesex vs West Indians – Practice Match- Match Recap- http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 crush Middlesex at Lord's
In an encounter that took place at Lord’s on the 13th of June, 2012 between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 and West Indians, the men from the Caribbean crushed the home team by a heavy margin of 228 runs. It was anticipated that the tourists will be a different unit
altogether once Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith made a comeback to the One Day side, and so it proved.
All eyes were on Gayle, who was making his first appearance for the national team after a 15-month gap. After a cautious start, the Caribbean run machine began to launch himself as he smashed two fours off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robbie-Williams-c2342 and followed it up by hitting two
sixes off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Davey-c1690 at midwicket off Anthony Ireland’s bowling.
Middlesex were happy to see the back of Gayle, and were hopeful of making more inroads into the West Indians’ line up however, came unstuck against the conventional Darren Bravo, who found form and cracked a well paced run-a-ball ton. Apart from his heroics,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 also announced his return with a brilliant performance, scoring 96 off 81 balls. Both batsmen hit two sixes each; Bravo’s sixes came on the last two balls of the innings where he clubbed Josh Davey - as the visitors posted a mammoth total of
335 in 50 overs.
The home team came out to bat but failed to keep pace with the required rate of 6.70 runs per over. After just scoring 10 runs from the first five overs, the pressure got the better of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235 wrapped one on the pads to claim his first
wicket of the match. That started the downfall of an embarrassing performance by the home team as the visitors dominated the remaining game and bowled out Middlesex at a low total of 107. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 picked up two wickets each, while the right-arm
spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 nailed one a piece.
All of a sudden there is a spark in the Windies’ camp with every player performing, which will be a blessing for the side following their 2-0 Test series’ defeat. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, the West Indian skipper, earlier showed his contentment after watching some renowned
players coming back into the ODI setup following their commitments in the recently concluded Indian Premier League.
The first one-dayer will take place on June 16, 2012 at Southampton.
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