http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 defeat Glamorgan by four wickets: Friends Life T20 - First Innings Recap
Sussex prevailed over Glamorgan by four wickets and four balls remaining in a match of the Friends Life T20, at the County Ground, Hove in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Thursday, July 7, 2011.
The visitors batted first and were unable to post a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 target for the opposition. Only three of their batsmen reached double figures with the best of 42 from wicketkeeper batsman, Chris Cooke.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784 managed 132 runs for the loss of eight wickets at the end of their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Sussex didn’t have many difficulties once they came out to bat. They achieved the target in 19.2 overs, losing six wickets. Zimbabwe’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murray-Goodwin-c2040, scored an unbeaten 41 runs, guiding his team to success.
The pitch was good for the batsmen, but it was not a wicket which could produce a bulk of runs, being on the slower side. Glamorgan’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alviro-Nathan-Petersen-c43849, had no hesitation in his mind to bat first after winning the toss. He would have liked his team
to score more than 150, but it wasn’t the case.
The start for the visitors was disappointing, as their skipper was sent back to the hut after failing to make an impression. He struggled to time the ball and was dismissed after collecting just seven runs from 10 balls.
Mark Cosgrove was also not able to make a big impression and got out after scoring just 11 runs off 13 deliveries with the help of a couple of boundaries. He was followed by the team’s first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Henry-John-Rees-c58403, who managed only four runs from 10 balls in
his struggling outing.
The fall of wickets continued, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nick-James-c79466 was also unable to get going. He was the fourth wicket to fall in the innings after adding seven runs to the total, leaving Glamorgan in a struggling position at 47/4.
However, Cooke and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stewart-c91370 Walters rescued their team from trouble with a solid half-century stand. They put together 64 runs for the fifth wicket partnership before the latter was dismissed after a steady knock. He contributed 37 runs to the total from
39 deliveries, smashing four boundaries.
Cooke was the next man to follow, but his innings really set the visitors on track. He smashed the bowlers to all parts of the park and was not afraid to take the aerial route. The flamboyant keeper batsman hammered 42 runs off just 18 balls with the help
of five gigantic sixes.
The team ended up with a challenging total in the end. They were pressurised by Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, who dismissed three batsmen. He has proved to be one of the most deadly bowlers in the shortest version of the game, taking wickets regularly.
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