Shahid Afridi shines in Hampshire victory: Friends Life T20 – Second Innings Recap
Gloucestershire were in good control of the game against Hampshire, at one stage, on June 23, 2011. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 were six down for just 97 runs on the board. The visitors would have liked to restrict the opposition below 125 from that stage, but they gave away a few runs towards the end of the innings.
The visitors lost three overs in their innings, as rain interrupted play. The revised target in the end was 124 from 17 overs. Gloucestershire did have the batting strength to achieve this target, but they struggled to cope with the wily spin bowling of star all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sahibzada-Mohammad-Shahid-Khan-Afridi-c87933.
Conditions remained overcast, but fortunately for the spectators, the game was completed. The pitch became a bit slower in the second half of the innings, which was not good news for the visitors, as Hampshire had two quality spinners, Afridi and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Imran-Tahir-c76963, in their playing XI.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751’s, Kevin O’Brien. Both batsmen have the ability to play under any circumstances, as they have proven their talent in the international arena.
However, the Irishman was unable to make an impression in his outing yesterday and was dismissed after adding just one run to the total. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 impact in the match.
The visitors were struggling at 15/2 at that stage, but the innings was stabilised by the team’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Andrew-Cockbain-c63756. The pair looked solid and batted with maturity.
The latter failed to capitalise on the start he got to his innings though and was sent back to the pavilion after adding 24 runs to the total from 17 balls. He played aggressively, striking four boundaries in his impressive outing.
The fall of the third wicket saw a collapse for the Gloucestershire team, as wickets started to tumble. The new batsmen walking in failed to tackle the variety of Afridi, as the Pakistani star stole the show with the ball.
Williamson was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472he only batsman, who didn’t find conditions difficult for batting. He played some impressive strokes in his innings and scored 50 runs from 42 balls with the help of six fours.
The youngster was unable to win the match for his side and was the ninth wicket to fall in the innings. He top scored the match and was the only batsman to score a half-century, but the effort went in vain, as the visitors were all-out for 107.
Afridi has proved to be a dangerous customer in limited-overs cricket and caused a lot of problems for the opposition. He took five wickets in the match, giving away just 20 runs in his four overs.
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