Northamptonshire beat Worcestershire by seven wickets in Yorkshire Bank 40 – Cricket News
Northamptonshire won their http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 by seven wickets on Monday, June 24, at County Ground, Northampton.
After winning the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moeen-Ali-c1990 for 12.
Worcestershire then lost their second batsman with 30 on the board when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Kervezee-c1027
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712 initiated a rebuild phase, taking the score to 40, before this partnership also met its end on the wicket of Kervezee, who was clean bowled by Azharullah after scoring four runs.
Samaraweera and Tom Fell then steered their side towards 67 runs, before this batting pair also met its end on the run out of Samaraweera for 12. After being dominated by Northamptonshire, the batting side made a slow comeback
with Fell and Gareth Andrew hammering their side towards 90 runs, before the latter perished with 13 runs to his name.
Fell was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aneesh-Kapil-c44658 as the two batsmen exhibited impressive form against a very attacking bowling. The pair led their side towards 142, before the departure of Fell for 55. With Kapil hammering 28 and Brett D'Oliveira
smashing an unbeaten 19, Worcestershire piled 187 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 40 overs.
From Northamptonshire, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azharullah-c1119 was the best bowler with four wickets to his name. They then had an unimpressive start to their run chase as they lost their first wicket with only 18 runs on the board when Willey was caught and
bowled by Jack Shantry for 13.
The second-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798 and Cameron White led the team towards 62, before the latter found his way off the field after scoring 24 runs.
Coetzer and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Wakely-c988 then forged a staggering partnership as they took the score to 183 before Wakely perished with 43 runs to his name. Meanwhile, Coetzer remained unbeaten on 105 to see his side cross the finish line
in 33.5 overs.
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