Northamptonshire v Somerset - Friends Life T20 - Midlands/Wales/West Group – Northamptonshire clobber 155 runs – Live Score and Update
Northamptonshire 115/6 (20/20 ov) – Somerset won the toss and chose to field
Tuesday, June 26: With things gaining momentum in the ongoing Friends Life T20 tournament in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, all county teams are trying to bolster a fierce competition in order to book a place in the knock out stage.
In the match between Northamptonshire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843, the latter won the toss and chose to field first, aiming to restrict their opposition on a small total for their batsmen to chase later in the match, at County Ground, Northampton.
Playing on home ground, Northamptonshire failed to get off to a flying start as they lost opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798 for nine runs, at a time when the side had piled only 11 runs on the board.
Eleven runs later, they suffered another loss, as WPUJC Vaas, who had come in as an opener, also perished after smashing an innings of nine runs.
With both openers back in the pavilion for 22 runs, the batting side longed nifty partnerships from the middle-order to avoid a complete meltdown.
Nonetheless, it was easier said than done as the bowlers were minding a fine line and were constantly maintaining pressure on their opponents, to restrict them on a total that could easily be chased down.
In times like these, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 skipper, AG Wakely, and lower-middle-order batsman, CL White, forged an impressive partnership to take the score to 55 runs before the demise of White, who met his doom after belting an innings of 14 runs.
RA White was then the next man to fall as he could muster only five runs before hitting the showers, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GH-Dockrell-c1484 taking his wicket.
The skipper was then joined by, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Dalrymple-c1658 Middlebrook, as the two sought a big innings in order to amass a massive total to give their opponents a long and tiring run-chase.
However, with 85 runs on the board, the batting side lost their star batsman Wakely on 34 runs and later the whole team failed in the batting depart, as they posted a small total of 155 runs.
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