Somerset v Kolkata Knight Riders – Champions League T20 – Match Recap
Somerset 166 v Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) 155 -
Somerset won by 11 runs
In another thrilling match in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20, Somerset beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by 11 runs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
Earlier after winning the toss, Somerset chose to bat first in a bid to post enough run on the board to give KKR a run for their money.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 after playing a knock of 14 runs off 10 deliveries was caught behind by KKR wicketkeeper Manvinder Bisla
off the bowling of pace sensation http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419.
It was then Roelof http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe and Trego who forged a defiant stand against the opposition as they played exuberant shots all around the park, giving the spectators plenty to cheer about.
The two batsmen unleashed an offensive that left the extremely formidable KKR bowling fleet in ruins as they were trying everything to break the partnership which was becoming a nightmare for a team that could not afford to lose the game by a big margin.
It was then in the 13th over when Merwe lost his wicket after smashing a handsome knock of 40 runs off 25 deliveries. His wicket was taken by Unadkat as the batsman was caught by KKR skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 at mid-wicket.
At the time of this wicket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 had managed to post 99 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets.
Trego, on the other hand kept the batting onslaught which was necessary to keep the pressure on the opponents.
Later lower-order batsman NDR Compton also contributed 20 runs to help the side in scoring a formidable total, while Trego lost his wicket in the 20th over after clobbering 70 runs off 61 deliveries when he got run-out as the side managed to post
166 runs on the board.
With a target of 167 at hand, Kolkata knew that they would have to keep wickets in hand and score at the same time to grab a win against Somerset who had the talents within their ranks to pull of a crucial victory.
However, the second over of their innings proved lethal as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Kartik-c78034 struck twice in the same over by first taking the wicket of opener Bisla (8) and then going on to eliminate Kallis (1) on the penultimate delivery of the over. At this point in time,
KKR had managed to post only 10 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets.
The rest of the middle-order exhibited commendable talent as they put up a fierce fight; however, it was the batting by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RN-ten-Doeschate-c2338 that really brought Somerset to their knees as the batsman played an innings of 46 runs off 31 deliveries.
Nonetheless, the team could only bolster 155 runs at the end of the match. However, both teams have qualified for the next round as KKR managed to inch through because of an impressive run-rate.
Trego was named as the Man of the Match for his outstanding performance with the bat.
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