Rain disrupts Nigeria-Guernsey http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 WCL Division six match – Cricket News Update
The Nigerian batters had much to thank the Kuala Lumpur weather after the team’s Division Six match against Guernsey came to a rain-hit, indecisive conclusion, after Nigeria batted a disappointing innings worth 47 overs, scoring 163 for 7.
The fixture, which comes as part of the ongoing ICC World Cricket League Division Six, was being played at the Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
Guernsey, which is currently the tournament’s table topper, alongside the Malaysian hosts, began the day with their new ball bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trichunapalli-Pradeep-Varun-c94404 Behani.
Unfortunately for the batting side, Nigeria opened up to a quick loss after Onikoyi walked off as the first wicket for Savident. The batter departed on a disappointing duck, leaving one down batter, Ramit Gill to accompany Behani.
However, the newly formed pair failed to retain a partnership after Savident delivered another blow at the Nigerian batting line-up, sending off Behani on a minor single. The batsman marked his exit after being caught out by Tim Ravenscroft.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Guernsey-c40999 and the first for Nussbaumer. By now, the much troubled batting side had already lost its top order, scoring a minor total of 5 in 3.5 overs.
The loss did not stop for Nigeria, as more trouble awaited the team, which lost another 2 wickets by the close of the first 10 overs.
However, just when Nigeria had lost all hopes, the team saw an impressive revival after the side’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Olajide-Bejide-c80157, took on the task to bring a halt to the team’s wicket loss.
The duo managed to successfully stall the innings with an exceptional 68-run partnership, trailing the side till the 34th over.
However, the partnership was finally brought to an end as Ravenscroft managed to dismiss the skipper, who by now had batted a stabilising, 28-run innings.
As for Bejide, the batter stood out to be Nigeria’s top scorer, bagging a not out performance of 87 runs, only to bring it to a halt as rain took over the field, bringing an eventual, indecisive closure to the match, after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nigeria-c2970 lost another wicket, scoring
a total of 163 with a loss of 7 wickets.
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