Sussex bowlers guided team to comfortable victory against Gloucestershire
Sussex cruised to victory against Gloucestershire by seven wickets, in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the County Ground Bristol, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Sunday, June 5, 2011.
The match was reduced to 17 overs due to rain. The hosts were restricted to just 97 runs in their allotted overs and were unable to cope with the wily left-arm spinner from Sussex, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024.
Sussex skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MH-Yardy-c1946 elected to field first after winning the toss. He expected the pitch to assist his bowlers, as there was some moisture beneath the surface of the wicket.
The visitors had some extremely good pace bowlers like Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Dillon-Parnell-c96342. The spin attack is led by two left-arm bowlers, Panesar and Yardy, who made life difficult for the opposition in yesterday’s game.
Gloucestershire didn’t get off to an ideal start in the match, losing their captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease.
A 32-run stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marshall-c74817 looked the better of the two but was dismissed after adding 16 runs to the total from 13 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 had lost three wickets for 50 runs on the board at that stage and the team was unable to bounce back.
New Zealand’s star youngster, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kane-Stuart-Williamson-c70182, was sent back to the pavilion after managing 13 runs off 16 balls in his knock. He was followed by the Irishman, Kevin O’Brien, who scored 14 runs from 15 balls before being dismissed.
There were no batsmen in the lower-order of the home team to cause problems for the opposition and Gloucestershire were restricted below 100.
Panesar didn’t give away anything to the batsmen, taking three wickets for 14 runs in his three-over spell. He got terrific support from Naved-ul-Hasan and Yardy, who grabbed two wickets apiece.
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who got out after adding 27 runs to the total.
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