Somerset v Middlesex: Friends Life T20 - First Innings Recap
A thrilling encounter of the Friends Life T20 between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Sunday, July 10, 2011.
Somerset batted first and collected 143 runs for the loss of six wickets at the end of their 20 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-David-Trego-c81582 was the top scorer for his side, scoring 36 runs. His score ended up being the highest of the match in the end.
The hosts didn’t find the chase easy and struggled to reach the target. They managed to tie the game though after a nail biting finish to the game. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Dexter-c2091 were the top scorers for their side with 33 runs each.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843, elected to bat first after the coin rolled in favour of his side. He expected the conditions to get tougher for the batsmen in the second half of the match, but the pitch proved to be equally challenging
for the team batting first.
The visitors’ openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 and Trescothick collected 25 runs for the first wicket before the latter was sent back to the pavilion. He was unable to time the ball and find boundaries. The veteran player managed eight runs off nine balls in his
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the wicket.
Kieswetter didn’t have a good day either and was unable to convert his start into a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 one, as he was dismissed after scoring 17 runs from 18 balls with the help of a couple of boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Charles-Hildreth-c65540 and Trego stabilised the innings with a solid 47-run partnership for the third wicket. They batted really well and laid a solid platform for the lower-order players.
It looked at one stage that Somerset would comfortably post a total over 150, but they lost their way towards the end of the innings.
Trego got out after contributing 36 runs to the total from 33 balls, smashing two fours and one massive six. He was followed by Hildreth, who ended up with a run-a-ball 31, striking a couple of boundaries.
The visitors had scored 103 runs, losing four wickets at the end of 16 overs in their innings and looked in deep trouble at that stage of the innings.
However, the West Indian dynamite, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 played a thunderous innings in the death overs. He got out after scoring 33 runs from 18 deliveries, hammering one four and a couple of towering sixes.
This effort helped the Somerset team to post 143 runs, which was a challenging total on a slow pitch.
South Africa’s all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-McLaren-c2232, bowled a terrific spell. He picked up three wickets for his team.
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