Northamptonshire rout Leicestershire by an innings and 155 runs: County Championship Division Two
Leicestershire were crushed by an innings and 155 runs by Northamptonshire in a match of the County Championship Division Two, at the Grace Road, Leicester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on June 21, 2011.
The hosts got out for 168 in their first outing and managed only 48 in the second. On the other hand, Northamptonshire batted once in the match and scored 371 runs for the loss of nine wickets before finally declaring.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Read-c84446 the conditions and decided to bat first after winning the toss on a bowling friendly pitch. This made things difficult for the hosts and they eventually lost the match.
Leicestershire’s start in the game was terrible, as they had five batsmen back in the hut for just 75 runs on the board.
The lower-order offered some resistance, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Andrew-White-c96336 scored a solid fifty for his side. He was the top scorer the innings, ending up with 54 runs, but lacked support from his team-mates and the entire team was dismissed for 168.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lee-Daggett-c1835 made the most of the bowling friendly conditions, taking four wickets each in the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Benjamin-Harry-Nicholas-Howgego-c47666, gave a solid start to their side, collecting 83 runs for the first wicket partnership.
Peters proved to be the top scorer of the match, scoring 96 runs. There were also some solid performances from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-George-Wakely-c43114 and Lucas, who scored 62 and 60 in their respective outings. Daggett also enjoyed batting, as he remained unbeaten on 50 before the
innings came to an end.
Hoggard seemed to be the only bowler causing problems for the batsmen with his accurate swing bowling. He dismissed four batsmen in the visitors’ innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 difference
for his side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Andrew-Golding-Boyce-c75105, managed to reach double figures and his score was 12. Apart from that, the batsmen just came in and walked
out after failing to score runs.
The hosts didn’t even manage to reach 50 and were all-out for 48 runs.
Lucas, who had a very good match overall, was once again impressive with the ball, picking up a five-wicket haul. He got tremendous support from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jack-Brooks-c1614 this time around, who also took a five-for in the innings.
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