Surrey stun Derbyshire to a seven-wicket win
Surrey came back strongly to win a match of the County Championship Division Two against Derbyshire, at the County Ground, Derby in England. The hosts set a target of 142 runs, which was easily achieved by the Surrey batsmen, losing just three wickets in
their innings on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
Toss was won by the visitors’ captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rory-James-Hamilton-Brown-c86829, who decided to field first.
However, the decision didn’t prove to be an ideal one, as Derbyshire posted 400 runs in their first innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Hughes-c1233 was in superb form, scoring a century for Derbyshire. He batted well under pressure, as the hosts lost a couple of early wickets. Hughes ended up being the top scorer for his team with 124 runs off 210 balls. He played well along with the
team’s middle-order players, who also did a decent job in constructing solid partnerships.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timothy-Edward-Linley-c94001, who took six wickets.
The second day being washed out by rain really hurt the chances of a result in the match, but the visitors came out aggressively in their first innings.
Surrey’s wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Lloyd-Maynard-c93631, who all scored half-centuries.
However, the lower-order of the visitors collapsed and they fell 42 runs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of the first innings total set by Derbyshire.
The home team’s bowlers gave away plenty of runs, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729, who picked up a couple of wickets in the innings.
It seemed as the match was headed towards a draw, but the Derbyshire batsmen failed to capitalise on the first innings lead and were all-out for 99 in their second outing. None of the batsmen managed to stay longer at the crease and wickets kept on falling
at regular intervals.
The highest score in the Derbyshire second innings was 17, which came off the bat of middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wesley-John-Durston-c96491.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851’s new ball bowlers, Matt Dunn and Linley, were in menacing form, taking five and four wickets in the innings respectively.
The visitors didn’t find any difficulties while chasing the target, as they reached 142 runs, losing just three batsmen.
Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Ravin-Ramprakash-c74709 also played a cameo of 21 runs not-out, guiding Surrey to victory.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Smith-c1508 managed to pick up a couple of wickets for the home team, but his effort went in vain.
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