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Stephen Peters and Rob White score tons to put Northamptonshire in command

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Stephen Peters and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-James-Boyd-Moss-c86323 White score tons to put Northamptonshire in command
Centuries from Northamptonshire batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The home team ended up with 325 runs for the
loss of just three wickets at close of day-one on Sunday, May 29th, 2011.
Northamptonshire’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040, elected to bat first after winning the toss. The conditions were very good for batting, as the wicket was dry and hard. There was no movement for the bowlers off the pitch and the weather also didn’t make life easy
for them, as the sun was out.
The home team got off to a good start, as openers, Peters and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Howgego-c1136, played solid cricket. They didn’t take too many chances against the new ball and built a steady partnership of 76 runs for the first wicket.
Howgego was the first man to be dismissed in the Northamptonshire innings after adding 26 runs to the total. He looked good in the middle and was timing the ball nicely as well, but would have been disappointed to throw his wicket away after a solid start.
White walked out in the middle to join Peters in the middle and the pair looked in complete control once they started building a partnership. They played risk free cricket and didn’t let the opposition attack them.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 opener completed a brilliant ton and was out after scoring 115 runs from 171 balls. He made most of the lose deliveries, smashing them to the boundary and also kept the scoreboard ticking by rotating the strike over.
Northamptonshire were in a strong position with 205 runs on the board and just two wickets down. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Wakely-c988 had joined White at the crease and the pair continued to hurt the opposition with yet another century partnership in the day.
Wakely played well for his 45 runs from 91 balls with the help of five fours, but he would have liked to carry onto make a big one for his team. He was cleaned up by a good delivery, which he couldn’t do much about and took the long walk back to the pavilion.
White didn’t lose focus from the game and went onto make a hundred for his team. He remained unbeaten on 101 off 241 balls until close of play. The other not-out batsman was wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Murphy-c53110, who will start the second day’s play on 12.
Although the wicket didn’t offer much support to the bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Ashling-c1239, did a decent job for his tea, picking up a couple of wickets.

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