USA v Bermuda – ICC Americas Region Division One Twenty20 - First Innings Recap
In a game of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Americas Region Division One Twenty20 championship, Bermuda set a small target of 92 for USA, at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida, on Saturday, July 23, 2011.
On a seaming track in cloudy conditions, both skippers were wishing to win the toss when the match referee flicked the coin in the air. Luck went in favour of United States of America and the skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SJ-Massiah-c2537, took just a second to ask the visiting
side to come out with the bat.
However, the decision backfired when the Bermudian opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Oronde-Omari-Bascome-c80290, was standing at the other end, watching his partner whip the ball
around.
The first wicket fell in the fourth over when Bascome ran himself out on a duck. That did not put any pressure on Cann though, as he continued to play attacking cricket. However, his knock didn’t last much longer as he was bowled out by Bhim George in the
seventh over of the innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bermuda-c2853’s score was 36 when Cann left the crease after hitting a quick knock of 32.
After Cann’s exit, no batsmen could manage to make it big and the wickets continued to fall on regular intervals. The skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lloyd-Hemp-c53059, tried his best to bring things under control by smashing a steady knock of 18, but the American bowlers did not let
the batsmen flex much.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dennico-Ashante-Wellman-Hollis-c53606 collected 10 runs before giving away his wicket to Muhammad Ghous, no one from the remaining batsmen was able to reach double figures. As a result, the whole Bermuda side managed to gather 91 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the
allotted quota of 20 overs.
It was a fine performance by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759 bowling attack since they maintained flawless line and length throughout the 20 overs. From the American bowling line-up, George, Ghous and Smarth Shah claimed two wickets each. No bowler went for more than five-run per
over except Adrian Gordon who conceded 19 runs in two overs.
At a scoring rate of less than five, the American side required 92 runs to win the crucial contest.
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