Northamptonshire v Warwickshire: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Match Recap
Northamptonshire cruised to victory against Warwickshire by 5 wickets and 52 balls remaining in a match of the Clydesdale Bank 40 at the Edgbaston, Birmingham in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Monday, August 29, 2011.
The hosts batted first, but failed to make a solid impression in their outing. They were all out for 145 runs in 38.3 overs with none of their players even scoring in the forties. The highest scorer of the innings was lower-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ateeq-Javid-c1104, who
collected 34 runs.
In reply, the Northamptonshire team reached the target in 31.2 overs, losing just 5 wickets in the process. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798 top scored the innings and the match with an unbeaten 54 runs.
Toss was won by the home team’s skipper Jim Troughton, who opted to bat first. The pitch appeared to be a decent one for the batsmen, but it did have some moisture, which caused some problems for the batsmen early on.
Warwickshire’s could not have got off to a bad start, as their openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 and Neil Carter were sent back to the pavilion for ducks. Both batsmen fell in the very first over of the innings, putting their side under immense pressure.
England’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WTS-Porterfield-c2801 steadied the innings with a 42-run stand for the third wicket. However, the former failed to make most of the start he got to his innings, getting out for 26 runs off 22 balls.
Troughton was unable to lead his side out of trouble, as he gave his wicket away after adding just 3 runs to the total.
Porterfield was the fifth wicket to fall in the innings after contributing 30 runs to the total from 51 balls with the help of four boundaries. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rikki-Clarke-c85428, who managed just 5 runs in his short outing.
Wicketkeeper batsman Tim Ambrose looked solid, but got out after scoring 23 runs. Javid tried to bat until the end of the innings, but failed to do so. He top scored with 34 runs.
The visitors’ Dave Burton did a tremendous job, dismissing three key batsmen in the opposition’s innings including Trott and Bell.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Willey-c1342 put together 45 runs for the first wicket. They got out after
scoring 34 and 23 respectively.
However, Coetzer played well until the end, guiding his side to victory. He remained not out on 54 with the help of six fours and one six, as Northamptonshire reached 151 runs in 31.2 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862, picking up a four-wicket haul in the match.
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