Sussex v Surrey - Friends Life T20: Sussex won thriller by 11 runs – Match Recap
Sussex beat rivals Surrey to qualify for the quarter finals of the Friends Life T20, courtesy of a century from veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murray-Goodwin-c2040, in a match played at the County Ground, Hove on July 15, 2011.
In a narrow 11-run victory, Goodwin made a 100 off just 59 balls to guide his side to post a commendable 178 on the board, with the loss of 8 wickets.
As for the visitors, they fell agonizingly http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of the target, with some good bowling from Sussex’s bowler, Chris Liddle, who claimed 3 wickets for his side.
The match did not start as planned. After the hosts won the toss and elected to bat first, they lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zander-de-Bruyn-c98565.
The struggle continued when New Zealander, Lou Vincent, was cleaned up by Jade Dernbach for 4, leaving Sussex reeling at 12-2 in just the second over.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-James-Prior-c75192 and Goodwin, steadied the ship with a fine third wicket stand of 76, with most of the runs coming off the bat of the former Zimbabwean player.
Prior then went after making 26 off 21 balls, which included 3 boundaries. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Batty-c1456 took the English wicket-keeper’s wicket after Stuart Meaker took an easy catch.
The visitors though, could not stop the flow of runs as Goodwin and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Nash-c1247 shared a crucial partnership of 48, which kept the scorecard ticking.
This was followed by a short cameo by Pakistani pacer, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, who made 22 off just 15 balls before being clean bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dirk-Peter-Nannes-c54221.
However, the best was kept for last as Goodwin, who barely could breathe, brought up a sublime century, with a standing ovation from the crowd in the ground. His innings of exactly 100, was compiled of 9 glorious boundaries and 3 maximum hits.
As for the Surrey bowlers, the pick of the lot was their opening pairing of Nannes and Dernbach, who claimed 2 and 3 scalps respectively.
Chasing a target of 179, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 and Simon Davies blazing from the start.
They put on a quick 75-run first wicket stand, battering the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 bowlers to all parts.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 needed breakthrough, taking the crucial wicket of Davies, who went for 31 off just 19 deliveries.
Roy was the second to go in the 11th over after making a good looking 50. He fell to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joe-Gatting-c1710 took his catch.
With that, the momentum slightly tilted in Sussex’s favor as they chipped in with wickets at regular intervals.
However, with only 40 needed from the last 4 overs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Liddle-c1245 provided the heroics for his side as he dismissed three Surrey players to give his side a thrilling victory.
The win sees Sussex qualify for the quarter-final at the expense of Surrey, and will play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806.
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