Surrey v Leicestershire: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Surrey’s Innings Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, August 21, 2011.
The visitors’ first-drop Jason Roy played a splendid innings of 131 runs, guiding the team to 292 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 40 overs.
In reply, the Leicestershire team was all out for 151 runs in 25.5 overs. Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joshua-Cobb-c1739 was the highest scorer of the innings with 51 runs at the top of the order, but the rest of the batting was below par.
Toss was won by the Surrey skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807
batsmen.
Surrey’s start was not what the team had expected at the toss, as a couple of wickets fell early. Hamilton-Brown was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after adding just 1 run to the total.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542 was also unable to make most of the good conditions and was sent back to the pavilion after collecting 10 runs off 12 balls with the help of one four.
This put the visitors under immense pressure, but a solid partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 and Tom Maynard rescued the team from trouble. The pair collected 120 runs for the third wicket partnership, guiding the team into a very good position.
Both batsmen complemented each other nicely, as Roy attacked from one end whereas Maynard rotated strike from the other. The latter was unable to carry onto the start he got to his innings, getting dismissed for 33 runs off 41 balls. He struck two fours
in his cameo.
South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zander-de-Bruyn-c98565 walked out in the middle and tried to give much strike as possible to his partner at the other end. However, the Proteas all-rounder was unable to last long at the crease, as he got out after contributing 17 runs to the total
from 23 deliveries.
The innings was carried forward by Matthew Spriegel and Roy, as the pair collected an 80-run stand for the fifth wicket. The latter got out eventually after scoring 131 runs off just 99 balls. His thunderous knock included 11 fours and 4 massive sixes.
Spriegel also played a crucial part in the match, collecting 56 runs off 39 balls before being dismissed.
An unbeaten cameo of 21 from Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241 helped the Surrey side to 292 runs in the end.
Leicestershire’s Wayne White picked up a couple of wickets in the match, but conceded plenty of runs.
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