Somerset to face http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 in CB40 final – Cricket News Update
With the elongated tournament trailing towards its eventual closure, English county teams, Somerset and Surrey are set to wrap up the proceeding Clydesdale Bank 40 competition after both sides gear up to face each other in the event’s final match. The fixture
is scheduled to begin on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the all famous Lord’s, London.
Both the teams earned their final spot after delivering some impressive performances on their recent, respective semi finals.
For Somerset’s fixture, the team went against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 on Sunday, September 4, 2011, at the County Ground, Taunton.
The match resulted in an impressive 39 runs triumph for Somerset, who earned an edge over Durham, thanks to weather conditions, which restricted the team’s innings from an original 40 overs to 27 overs.
Opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Jones-c1244, managed to deliver a worthy opening for the team, piling up a notable 57 that came with the aid of 8 boundaries.
On the other hand, Surrey, too, came out with an impressive performance, that paved the team into marking a 71 runs win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852.
Surrey, who won the toss and cherished its decision to bat first, delivered a superb, yet aggressive batting performance, aggregating a massive total worth 228 at a run rate of over 9.
The remaining damage then came from Surrey’s bowlers who forced the opponents into falling 71 runs short of the chase.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-John-Schofield-c50881 remained to be the highest wicket taker for Surrey, earning a haul of 4 wickets for the team.
As for the upcoming fixture, the Lord’s arena will surely come out with some thrilling performances from both the teams, in all departments of batting and bowling. The skippers will, therefore, bank on their big guns that will be relied onto delivering some
potent damage to the opponent.
As for their previous performances, Surrey, to start with, top its Group B table, securing 10 wins out of its total participation in 12 matches.
On the other, a similar case is for Somerset, which earns to top spot on its respective Group C table. From a lot of 12 matches, the team has earned 9 wins.
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