http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 v Warwickshire: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Surrey’s Innings
Surrey crushed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.
The visitors batted first and amassed 282 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 40 overs. The top scorer of the innings and the match was Jason http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611, who ended up with 101 runs.
In reply, the Warwickshire batsmen failed miserably. No batsman managed to make a significant impression and the highest scorer of the innings was lower-order player Steffan Piolet, who collected 39 runs. The entire team was dismissed for 152 runs in just
29 overs.
Surrey’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rory-Hamilton-Brown-c2366 opted to bat first after winning the toss. He expected the pitch to become difficult for batting in the second half of the match and the decision proved to be spot on in the end.
Hamilton-Brown and wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542 started the innings for Surrey. The pair went off to a decent start, collecting 54 runs at the top of the order. The latter was attacking the opposition, but got out after a after a blistering knock of
40 runs from 28 balls. Most of his runs came in boundaries, as he struck nine fours.
The fall of wicket did not slow the run-rate down, as Hamilton-Brown started to play aggressively. He failed to make most of the start though, getting out after collecting 33 runs off 23 deliveries with the help of four fours and a couple of sixes.
Just three balls later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-John-Schofield-c50881 was also sent back to the pavilion. He was unable to trouble the scorers, as the visitors lost their third wicket.
The innings was stabilised by Roy and Tom Maynard, as the pair put together 64 runs for the fourth wicket partnership. The latter failed to convert his start into a solid performance, getting out for 28 runs.
South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zander-de-Bruyn-c98565 failed to get going and was dismissed after adding just 5 runs to the total.
However, Roy and Matthew Spriegel collected a 51-run stand for the sixth wicket, guiding Surrey into a solid position. The former was dismissed in the death overs, but did a fabulous job for his side, scoring 101 runs off 95 balls. He hammered nine fours
and one massive six in his outing.
Spriegel played until the end, guiding his side to 282 with an unbeaten 40 runs off the same number of deliveries. He did not take too many risks in his impressive knock, striking just a couple of fours.
England’s all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rikki-Clarke-c85428 gave away a few runs, but managed to pick up 3 wickets in the match.
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