USA v Suriname – International Cricket Council Americas Region Division One – Match Recap
United States of America won their Twenty20 game against Suriname by 50 runs after posting a staggering total of 124 runs in an International Cricket Council’s Americas Region Division One Twenty20 match, which was played on Monday, July 18, 2011, at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill.
After winning the toss, USA chose to bat first hoping to take full advantage of the pitch. . Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gowkaran-Roopnarine-c60447, the 29-year-old batsman, was the main difference between the two sides as he exhibited a commendable batting performance with the bat by pulverizing the bowling brigade of the opposition. The left-handed batsman played an inspiring, unbeaten innings of 59 runs off 47 deliveries. His hard-hitting inning included five fours and one six.
The opening stand of 75 runs between Sushilkumar Nadkarni and Roopnarine laid down the foundation stone for the incoming batsmen, to post a shocking total on the board. Nadkarni scored 26 runs off 15 deliveries as he hit two boundaries and two sixes.
Roopnarine was backed by the middle order batsman, Quasen Alfred, who played a breathtaking innings of 20 runs off just eight deliveries.
From Suriname, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanjay-Oemraw-c88605 was the most impressive bowler as the right-arm off-spinner took one wicket from three overs, conceding only 14 runs.
Although, the spectators were hoping to see a formidable game, nonetheless, rain came pouring down, causing the match to be reduced to 13 overs per side.
However, batsman from the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vishaul-Singh-c95471 received a special beating from the batsmen as the bowlers conceded 15 and 36 runs. Dudnath were never called back after bowling two overs while Singh bowled three.
Taking full advantage of the power play, the openers never let the run rate drop below 10 run an over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arun-Gokoel-c46102. This loss came in the eight over.
However, there was no letdown in the onslaught by the batsmen, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfred-c43298 continued from where Nadkarni left. The right-hand batsman was keener on bashing the ball for six and his tactics paid off as he struck three mighty sixes in his innings.
However, in the 11th over, Sanjay Oemraw finally removed the belligerent batsman when he shattered his stumps after penetrating his defences.
Needing to score at 9.53 runs per over, Suriname required an explosive start to their innings.
However, besides skipper Mohindra Boodram, none of the batsmen showed enough potential to challenge the bowling they were up ahttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-John-Goodchild-c52940ainst. The skipper played an innings of 25 runs which included a six and a boundary. Nevertheless, Suriname could only bolster a total of 58 runs as the fell to their demise.
G Roopnarine from the USA was named as the Man of the Match.
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