Surrey v Leicestershire: County Championship Division Two – Final Two Innings’ Recap
Surrey had gained a solid first innings lead of 176 runs against Leicestershire in a match of the County Championship Division Two at the Grace Road, Leicester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Wednesday, August 24, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 were under immense pressure to perform well in their second outing, as they had to score a huge total in order to set a challenging target for the opposition. The conditions were ideal for them, as the ball was not doing much off the wicket
and batting was easy.
However, the pressure seemed to be too much for the hosts in the end, as they were all out for 286 runs in their second innings. Opening batsman Will Jefferson was the only player in the innings to make most of the conditions, collecting 121 runs at the
top of the order.
Apart from Jefferson, none other batsman in the innings managed to score even in the thirties. The second highest score of the innings came off the bat of lower-order player Claude Henderson.
Leicestershire needed a solid start to their innings, but lost opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Boyce-c1924 early. He failed to make an impression and managed just 3 runs in his short stay at the crease.
The team’s first-drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Smith-c1508 also failed to get going, as he was sent back to the pavilion after adding 11 runs to the total. He was followed by Nathan Buck, who scored a 13-ball duck in his unimpressive outing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shiv-Thakor-c90060 was the next man to be dismissed in the innings after collecting a couple of runs and the hosts were struggling at 74/4.
However, a century stand between Jefferson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Edmund-James-Eckersley-c55124 gave some momentum to the innings. The pair put together 119 runs for the fifth wicket partnership before the latter got out after scoring 24 runs.
Jefferson’s fabulous knock finally came to an end after he had collected 121 runs with the help of 14 fours and one massive six.
The top scorer of the Leicestershire’s first innings http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Joseph-Taylor-c86004 failed to get going this time around, as he scored just 4 runs.
There were some useful contributions from the lower-order players, but nothing much to hurt the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 team.
Leicestershire were all out for 286 runs with an overall lead of 110 runs in the match. They were troubled by Surrey’s Tim Linley, who took a six-wicket haul in the innings.
In reply, Surrey’s openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542 did not have any problems, as they remained unbeaten until the end. Both batted with effortless ease, collecting 75 and 28 respectively. Their century stand guided the visitors to a dominant
10-wicket win in the end.
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