http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sean-Michael-Park-c89102 guided Cambridgeshire to victory over Suffolk: MCCA Trophy-Group 4
Cambridgeshire overcame Suffolk by four wickets in a Group Four match of the MCCA Trophy, at the Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, June 5th, 2011. The hosts were unable to post a decent target and were all-out for 176 in 48.1
overs. Cambridgeshire managed to win the match easily in the end, chasing the target in 42.4 overs, but they did lose six wickets during the chase.
Suffolk’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Justin-Edward-Bishop-c69700, won the toss and elected to bat first. He expected a decent score from his batsmen, but the hosts failed to deliver and were dismissed within 200.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Benjamin-Huggins-c93294 stated the innings for the home side and they got off to a steady start, scoring 30 runs for the first wicket. However, the latter got out after collecting 21 runs from 24 balls. He was followed by his opening partner, who struggled
to get going in his innings and managed to add only nine runs off 26 deliveries to the total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Sadler-c1721, who batted at number three for the home team, also failed to make an impression and was dismissed after a struggling innings of seven runs from 32 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martyn-Greenwood-Cull-c74959 took his time to settle down, but failed to capitalise on the start he got to his innings and had to take the long walk back to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs from 55 balls.
The home team’s skipper also got a start, but failed to carry on, as he was dismissed for 20. He was followed by the team’s wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-James-Warn-c50850, who ended up being the top scorer for his team with 22 runs from 32 balls, striking two fours
and one six.
Wickets kept on tumbling in the Suffolk innings and the entire team was sent back to the hut for 176 runs on the board. There were 36 extras in the innings, which helped the hosts to take their score past 150.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Mees-c93663 was in good form with the ball and dismissed two batsmen in the match for Cambridgeshire.
The start to Cambridgeshire’s innings was not an ideal one, as they lost a couple of wickets early. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Alexander-Clarke-c52587,
who scored 10.
A few more wickets fell in quick succession and the visitors were struggling at 66 for five. However, Sean Park and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Joseph-McMahon-c81124 batted sensibly, rescuing their team from trouble. The latter got out after scoring 29 runs, but Park remained unbeaten on 48,
guiding his side to victory.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bishop-c48135 took two wickets for the hosts, but his team failed to defend the target set by the batsmen.
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