Surrey vs Essex – Friends Life T20 – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 begin campaign with 17-run win
Surrey began their Friends Life T20 campaign with a 17-run win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783, at the Kennington Oval, London, on June 13, 2012.
In a low-scoring affair, the hosts were restricted to 128 for 8 however, managed to defend the target, courtesy some tight bowling from Jade Dernbach and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Batty-c1456, who shared five scalps between them to limit their opponents to 111 for 9.
Surrey opted to bat first after winning the toss but came unstuck in the first 10 overs. Steven Davies started well with a 12-ball 19, which included four boundaries, but his departure in the third over saw Essex putting the brakes on the scoring rate.
Tim Phillips took out Davies, after which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zander-de-Bruyn-c98565.
Matthew Spriegel added 13 before becoming Ryan ten Doeschate’s first victim and the dismissal of Jason http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Wilson-c1474 and
Zafar Ansari adding a crucial 40 for the sixth-wicket.
Wilson’s run-a-ball 33 gave some respectability to the score line but Essex remained in ascendency at the end of the first innings.
The visitors then took further control in the early overs of their run chase, courtesy a brisk opening stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 and Mark Pettini, which yielded 44. However, Surrey roared back into the tie through Dernbach who removed the latter and then
played a pivotal part in sending back http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Smith-c1508 by running the player out.
Gareth Batty further put the brakes on the scoring rate in a devastating middle-over spell where he got the prized wickets of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 (9), top-scorer Bopara (28) and James Franklin. From being 44 for 1, the visitors collapsed to 88 for 8.
Dernbach then returned to take the ninth wicket where he clean bowled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Masters-c1333, leaving Tim Phillips 16-run unbeaten knock in vain, as Essex folded on an embarrassing 111 for 9 – 17 runs short of the target.
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