Surrey cruised to victory against Gloucestershire
A sensational batting performance by Surrey’s wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. Davies top scored
the match with an unbeaten knock of 92 runs whereas his team-mate, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DP-Nannes-c1396, proved to be the best bowler in the game, picking up three wickets.
The visitors were put into bat by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rory-Hamilton-Brown-c2366. The pitch didn’t appear to have much assistance for the bowlers, but the home team expected conditions to be much easier in the second half of the game.
The start to Gloucestershire’s innings was a terrible one, as they lost their skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 early. He faced six balls for his two runs and was dismissed in the second over of the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Taylor-c1253, who batted at number three for the visitors, also failed to make an impression, as he was sent back to the pavilion after adding just six runs to the total from eight deliveries.
Irish player, Kevin O’Brien, looked comfortable at the crease, scoring 24 runs off just 19 balls. He smashed three fours and one massive six, before getting out.
Gloucestershire were in deep trouble after losing New Zealand’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525, who got out after scoring just one run. The team was struggling at that stage with four wickets down for 49 runs on the board.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Will-Gidman-c2793 batted with a lot of maturity, rescuing the visitors from a disaster. They put together 42 runs for the fifth wicket partnership, but Williamson got out after scoring 32 runs from 26 deliveries. The promising Kiwi
batsman was unlucky to be run-out after getting his eye in.
Gidman didn’t lose focus from the game though, scoring an unbeaten 40 runs off 37 balls. He got very good support from the lower order batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Lewis-c1726, who scored quick fire 28 and 11 in their respective outings. Gloucestershire ended up
with 155 runs for the loss of eight wickets.
Nannes did the main damage, picking up early wickets in the visitors’ innings.
In reply, the Surrey openers, Hamilton-Brown and Davies, constructed a century stand, taking the game away from the opposition. The team’s captain was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after adding 45 runs to the total.
Davies batted until the end, guiding his team to victory in the 17th over, with an unbeaten 92-run knock. The stylish left-hander smashed 13 fours and three sixes in his blistering innings.
Young picked up one wicket for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785, but he didn’t get much support from the other bowlers.
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