Rich Pyrah takes five wickets in Yorkshire win over Durham: Friends Life Twenty20 - First Innings Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 to a victory over Durham by three wickets and three balls remaining in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough in England on Sunday, July 10, 2011.
Durham batted first and could only manage 144 runs for the loss of eight wickets at the end of their allotted 20 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lawson-Miller-c53037 top scored the innings and the match with a terrific half-century. He collected 54 runs for the visitors, but the effort
went in vain.
The visitors could have easily scored more than 160, but they were restricted below 150 in the end by a tremendous bowling spell by Pyrah, who picked up five wickets in the match.
Yorkshire also had a few nervous moments during their run-chase. However, the team managed to achieve the target in 19.3 overs, losing seven wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Ballance-c1465 played a crucial role for the hosts, scoring 48 runs in the match.
The home team’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039, won the toss and elected to field first. He expected the bowlers to get some assistance off the pitch in the first few overs and the decision proved to be a good one in the end.
Durham’s start was a decent one, as their openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phil-Mustard-c2183 batted well. They put together 28 runs for the first wicket partnership before the latter was sent back to the pavilion after adding 18 runs to the total. He looked threatening,
scoring his runs from 15 balls with the help of a couple of fours and one massive six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569, was unable to make an impression and was dismissed cheaply for just two runs. Just one run later, Muchall was also sent back to the pavilion.
The seasoned campaigner struggled to get going and limped to five runs off 13 balls in his short stay at the crease.
Veteran batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PD-Collingwood-c2173, also got out cheaply for one, leaving the visitors in a struggling position at 39/4.
However, the innings was held together by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302 and Miller. Both batsmen played solid cricket, putting together 77 runs for the fifth wicket partnership, shifting the momentum on their side.
Benkenstein was dismissed after contributing 33 runs to the total from 26 balls, clobbering three fours and one massive six. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Miller-c76318 batted superbly, collecting 54 runs off 41 balls with the help of four fours and two thunderous sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LE-Plunkett-c1833 scored 12 runs from nine balls towards the end of the innings, guiding his team’s total to 144.
Pyrah used the conditions brilliantly, ending up with figures of 5/16 from his four overs.
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