Surrey v Warwickshire: Clydesdale Bank 40
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, July 24, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rikki-Clarke-c85428 was the top scorer for his side with 76 runs.
The hosts did have a few problems while chasing, but managed to achieve the target successfully in the end. South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zander-de-Bruyn-c98565 was the highest scorer of the innings and the match with an unbeaten 84 runs.
Jim Troughton, who was the captain of the visitors, decided to bat first after winning the toss. He expected a high scoring game, but predicted some difficulty for the team batting second.
Warwickshire’s start was a dismal one, as the top-order failed to make an impression. Opening batsman Neil Carter was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after adding just 13 runs to the total. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Chopra-c2745, who managed 15 runs
in his short stay at the crease.
Ireland’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WTS-Porterfield-c2801 was also unable to get going and was sent back to the pavilion after adding just eight runs to the total.
A 53-run stand for the fourth wicket between wicketkeeper batsman Tim Ambrose and Troughton steadied the ship for the team. However, the latter was unable to make most of the start e got to his innings and was dismissed for 27.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 walked out in the middle and collected 55 runs for the fifth wicket partnership alongside Ambrose. The keeper batsman got out after contributing a steady 39 runs to the total from 66 balls.
Clarke batted extremely well, collecting a quick fire 76 runs off 61 deliveries with the help of nine fours and a couple of sixes. His effort guided the team’s total to 225 in the end.
Pakistan’s Yasir Araft was in menacing form, as he picked up a five-wicket haul for the home team.
Surrey’s start was a bit tentative, as the team lost three wickets early. The team’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 managed just seven runs.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542 was the third wicket to fall in the innings after adding 23 runs to the total.
De Bruyn and Tom Maynard put together 58 runs for the fourth wicket partnership, steadying the innings. The latter failed to carry onto the start to his innings and was dismissed for 39.
De Bruyn batted until the end and guided his side to a solid victory. The South African scored 84 runs off 92 balls with the help of eight boundaries, as Surrey reached the target in 38.5 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JS-Patel-c1747 and Chris Woakes picked up a couple of wickets each for their side, but failed to restrict the opposition from winning the match.
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