http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phil-Mustard-c2183 guided Durham to a comfortable win over Nottinghamshire: Friends Life T20
Phil Mustard’s blistering half-century guided Durham to an easy win over Nottinghamshire by 33 runs in a match of the Friends Life T20, at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
The hosts posted 187 runs in their innings and managed to defend it easily as Nottinghamshire were restricted to 154 in their allotted 20 overs.
The conditions were perfect for batting and this forced the home team’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302, to bat first after winning the toss. His batsmen didn’t disappoint at all and piled up a solid target for the opposition.
Openers, Mustard and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 gave a flying start to their team, scoring 44 runs in just 3.3 overs before the latter was dismissed. He looked to attack the bowlers and managed 11 runs from seven deliveries, striking a couple of fours. He was a little
unfortunate, getting run-out after a good start.
This brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569 in the middle, who gave terrific support to Mustard. The pair put together 79 runs for the second wicket partnership, guiding their team’s total to 123. The majority of the runs were scored by Mustard, who got out after adding
75 to the total from 41 balls. The innings included 11 fours and two massive sixes.
Blackwell continued to entertain the crowd after the fall of the team’s aggressive opener. The experienced left-handed player scored 43 runs off just 27 balls with the help of four fours and one towering six. He misjudged a run and was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of his crease,
but laid a solid platform for the lower-order batsmen.
At one stage, it appeared as if the hosts would score beyond 200, but they were unable to play the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782.
Nottinghamshire’s new ball bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-John-Pattinson-c52464, bowled well and took three wickets in the match for his side.
The visitors needed a strong start, which was provided to them by their openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Hendrik-Wessels-c75170. Hales was dismissed after scoring a quick fire 26 from 15 balls, striking four fours and one six.
Wessels was joined by Australia’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Charles-Voges-c41889, who looked in terrific form. The pair collected 68 runs for the second wicket partnership before both got out in consecutive deliveries.
Voges was the first to go after top scoring the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 innings with 46 runs off 26 deliveries whereas his partner got run-out on the very next ball, adding 32 runs to the total.
This saw a collapse for the visitors and only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-John-Mullaney-c91313 was the other batsmen to reach double figures. He managed 28 runs from 24 balls before being dismissed.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Rushworth-c1250 expressed good control, taking three wickets for Durham.
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