http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 defeat Hampshire by five wickets: County Championship Division One – Hampshire’s Second Innings Recap
The County Champion Division One match between Hampshire and Sussex was pretty http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The hosts had gained a first innings lead of 34 runs, which was not much and had to bowl well to restrict Hampshire to a lesser total in their second outing.
On the other hand, the Hampshire team was looking forward to a solid performance in the second innings. However, the team managed 266 runs before being all-out on the third day’s play on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.
This gave an overall lead of 233 runs to the visitors, which appeared to be a challenging target. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MA-Carberry-c1868 was the only batsman in the Hampshire’s second innings to take his score past fifty. He ended up being the top score with 59 runs in the innings.
Batting had become a touch easier compared to the first two days, but there was still some assistance for the bowlers in the pitch.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Clive-Adams-c65556 came out with a positive intent this time around, as he scored 11 runs off just 11 balls. He failed to make a significant impression though and was sent back to the pavilion on the 12th ball he faced.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Liam-Andrew-Dawson-c72856 was joined by Carberry and the pair batted well, collecting 44 runs for the second wicket partnership. The team’s opener was unable to make most of the conditions and was dismissed after scoring 29 runs with the help of three fours and one massive
six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danny-Briggs-c1315 was also unable to make most of the start he got to his innings and was dismissed after collecting 21 runs. He was involved in a 40-run stand with Carberry for the third wicket.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Douglas-McKenzie-c79091 walked out in the middle and offered solid support to Carberry. They put together 46 runs for the fourth wicket partnership, guiding their team to a decent position. However, the latter was finally dismissed after scoring an impressive half-century.
Carberry ended up with 59 runs off 136 balls with the help of six boundaries. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sean-Ervine-c2471, who were sent back to the pavilion after adding zero and seven runs to the total respectively.
The fall of three quick wickets put the visitors under immense pressure, but they managed to stretch their total above 260 in the end.
McKenzie’s resistance came to an end after scoring 34 runs. He would have liked to carry onto make a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kabir-Ali-c69945 also helped the team to take a lead of 232.
Sussex’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024 was impressive throughout the match, as he took seven wickets overall, with three of them coming in the second innings.
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