Nottinghamshire overcome Worcestershire by 10 runs: Friends Life T20 - First innings Recap
Nottinghamshire defeated Worcestershire by a narrow margin of 10 runs in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the County Ground, New Road, Worcester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Tuesday, July 5, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-Khan-c92687 guided the visitors’ total to 152 at the end of their allotted 20 overs, losing all their batsmen. The bowlers also did a good job, defending the total successfully in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moeen-Ali-c1990 top scored the game with 51 runs. However, the team fell 10 runs short of the total in the end, as they were restricted to 142/5 in their outing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-John-Hussey-c52953, won the toss and opted to bat first on a pitch which was on the slower side. The ball came onto bat better in the first innings, which allowed the team to take their total past
150.
The start to the innings was very good for the visitors, as their openers collected 69 runs for the first wicket partnership. Bangladesh’s batsman, Tamim, was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after scoring 35 runs from 25 balls with the help
of three fours and one six.
Hales was the next man to be dismissed after contributing 39 runs to the total from 28 deliveries, smashing seven boundaries. His score ended up being the highest in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826’s innings, as the lower-order batsmen struggled to get going.
Voges got a start to his innings, but was unable to convert it into something significant, as he was dismissed after scoring 16 runs off the same number of deliveries faced.
Seasoned campaigner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859.
This saw a collapse for the visitors, as wickets started to tumble in their innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Hendrik-Wessels-c75170 was not able to make an impression and was sent back to the pavilion after adding three runs to the total.
Wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease.
Adding insult to injury, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Adams-c1033, was run-out after just scoring six runs from four balls.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Fletcher-c1855 was the last wicket to fall in the Nottinghamshire outing, as the team was bundled-up
for 152 in 20 overs.
Ajmal had a very good day with the ball, as he picked up three wickets in his spell.
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