Surrey defeat Middlesex by 21 runs: Friends Life Twenty20 - First Innings Recap
Surrey overcame http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Thursday, June 23, 2011.
The hosts posted a decent total of 163 runs in their allotted 20 overs and managed to defend it comfortably in the end. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Lloyd-Maynard-c93631 batted brilliantly for his side, as he top scored the innings with 50 runs.
In reply, the Middlesex team failed to achieve the target even though they had quite a few wickets in hand. The team’s first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scott-Alexander-Newman-c89001 was the top scorer of the match, collecting 61 runs. His effort went in vain though, as the visitors only managed
142 runs in their outing.
The weather was perfect for cricket, as there was no rain expected. The pitch was dry and had some assistance for the spinners. It was expected to slow down in the second half of the match and the team winning the toss would have batted first.
This is exactly what http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 team, did. He opted to bat after the coin rolled in favour of his team. His batsmen responded well and piled up a solid total at the end of the innings.
Surrey’s captain walked out in the middle alongside wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542. The latter has been out of touch in the recent times and was unable to get going in yesterday’s match as well. He faced six deliveries for his three runs and was sent
back to the pavilion after that, leaving the hosts at 21/1.
Hamilton-Brown was in an aggressive mood though and he scored some quick runs, giving his team a flying start. He was cleaned up on the first ball of the seventh over after adding 30 runs to the total from just 20 balls. The innings included six perfectly
timed boundaries.
Next man to go was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jason-Jonathan-Roy-c1666, who also looked impressive in his outing. He attacked the opposition’s bowlers straight away after walking out in the middle and collected 32 runs off just 20 deliveries with the help of four fours and one massive six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Craig-Wilson-c58487 failed to make an impression and took a long walk back to the pavilion after scoring just three and 11 in their respective outings.
However, Maynard continued to bat with effortless ease and remained unbeaten on 50 from 37 balls, striking three fours and two thunderous sixes. He found excellent support from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241, who also remained not-out on 28 from 17.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Dexter-c2091 bowled extremely well, picking up three wickets for just 18 runs in his four overs.
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