Northamptonshire v Derbyshire – Friends Life T20 – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 wins by seven wickets – Match Recap
Northamptonshire cruised to victory against Derbyshire by seven wickets and 10 balls remaining in a match of the Friends Life T20, at the County ground, Derby in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
The hosts could only manage 133 runs for the loss of five wickets at the end of their allotted 20 overs. Middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Garry-Park-c1464, top scored the innings with an unbeaten 50 runs.
Derbyshire’s bowlers failed to defend the total set by their batsmen, as the visitors won the match in the 19th over of the innings, losing just three wickets. South Africa’s star all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610, was super with the bat, collecting 54
runs for his side.
Northamptonshire’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040, opted to field first after winning the toss. The conditions were not the best for batting, as the pitch lacked pace. The ball didn’t come onto the bat and it was not easy to play strokes freely.
The start to the home team’s innings was a disappointing one, as they lost some quick wickets at the top of the order. Opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789 only lasted one ball at the crease and was dismissed for a duck in the very first over of the innings.
Just one run later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease.
New Zealand’s star player, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885, tried to steady the ship for his side, but got out after getting a start. He scored 27 runs from 34 deliveries with the help of a couple of boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Francis-Hughes-c50563 was the next man to follow after adding five runs to the total from seven balls. The hosts were in deep trouble at that stage with five wickets down for 51 runs on the board.
This brought Park and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Andrew-Whiteley-c86874 together at the crease. The pair played well under pressure and guided their team to 133 with an unbeaten partnership of 82 runs for the sixth wicket.
Park contributed 50 runs off 46 balls to the total with the help of four fours and one massive six whereas his partner finished with 39 from 26, clobbering one four and a couple of towering sixes.
Northamptonshire’s bowlers did a terrific job and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Willey-c1342 was the best with figures of 2/7 in two overs.
The start for the visitors was not a very good one, as they lost opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-J-Murphy-c52872 early. He failed to open his account and was dismissed for a duck.
However, Botha and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rob-White-c2341 batted superbly, collecting 109 runs for the second wicket partnership. The latter was eventually dismissed after scoring a terrific half-century.
The Proteas all-rounder remained unbeaten til the end of the innings, guiding his side to a comfortable win. He ended up with 54 runs off 48 balls with the help of four fours and one six.
All three wickets which fell in the Northamptonshire’s innings were taken by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Andrew-Turner-c74521. He lacked support from the other bowlers, which cost the game to the hosts in the end.
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