Paul Collingwood bowls Durham to a comprehensive victory over Northamptonshire: Friends Life Twenty20 - First Innings Recap
England’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 by 97 runs in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street in England on Thursday, July 14, 2011.
The hosts ended up with 144 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 20 overs with a highest score from their skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302, who collected an unbeaten 31 runs.
Northamptonshire’s innings was miserable, as the team was all-out for 47 runs in 12.5 overs. They had absolutely no clue of how to tackle wily medium pacer, Collingwood, who took a five-wicket haul in the match.
Durham’s captain Benkenstein decided to bat first after winning the toss. The South African player predicted conditions to be difficult for the team batting second and his decision was spot on in the end.
The home team’s innings was started by seasoned campaigner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phil-Mustard-c2183. The latter tried to attack the opposition, but failed to make a significant impression, as he was sent back to the pavilion after adding just
12 runs off 10 balls with the help of a couple of boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 innings. He collected four runs off five balls in his short stay at the crease.
Mustard had a bit of a tough time in the middle, as he was not timing the ball to perfection. He was unfortunate in the match though, getting run-out after being well set at the crease. The Keeper batsman collected 20 runs off 23 balls, striking two fours
in his knock.
There was some resistance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lawson-Miller-c53037, who played a crucial innings of 30 runs from 31 balls with the help of three boundaries. He would have liked to carry onto bat until the end, but was dismissed in the 13th over of the innings.
Collingwood has been a touch out of form with the bat and continued his struggle. The former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 Twenty20 skipper was dismissed after adding 12 runs to the total from 13 balls.
Durham were struggling at that stage, losing five batsmen for 87 runs on the board. However, the innings was held together by Benkenstein and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Breese-c1458, who put together 35 runs for the sixth wicket stand.
The latter was dismissed after scoring 18 runs from 12 deliveries, smashing one four and a massive six. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LE-Plunkett-c1833, who got out cheaply for five.
The team’s skipper didn’t lose his focus though and batted until the end, remaining unbeaten on 31 off 19 balls with the help of four boundaries. His effort guided the hosts to 144 in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Willey-c1342 was impressive in his spell, finishing with figures of 2/22 in his four overs.
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