Warwickshire overcome Somerset convincingly: County Championship Division One
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The hosts needed just 23 runs for victory on the final day’s play, which they
achieved easily without losing any wicket.
Somerset had opted to bat first in the match after their skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Edward-Trescothick-c74400, won the toss. He would have expected a decent first innings total, but his team failed to make an impression and was all-out for 262.
The former England player batted really well for his side and ended up being the top scorer for Somerset with 69 runs. He didn’t find support from his team-mates though, as wickets kept on falling at regular intervals in the visitors’ innings.
Lower-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-David-Trego-c81582, did a decent job towards the end of the innings, scoring 56 runs for his team. His effort guided Somerset to 262, without which the team was unlikely to reach the 200-run mark even.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 in the recent years, was impressive with the ball as he picked up four wickets. He troubled the batsmen with his swing and extracted bounce from the pitch due to his height.
Warwickshire gained maximum advantage of the below par performance by the Somerset batsmen and piled up 448 runs in their first outing, taking a lead of 186 runs.
The star of the show for the hosts was opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/William-Thomas-Stuart-Porterfield-c97921, who scored 85 and 72 respectively.
Somerset’s bowlers failed to trouble the opposition and conceded a lot of runs in the first innings. Only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Charl-Willoughby-c1231 impressed with his accurate line and length, picking up three wickets.
The visitors were under immense pressure and failed to cope with it in the end. Trescothick scored his second half-century of the match, but got out after collecting 55 runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dominic-Lambert-Audain-c54308 Compton’s superb innings of 95 runs saved the team from an innings defeat,
but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 only managed a target of 23 runs for the opposition.
All-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rikki-Clarke-c85428, had a good time with the ball, as he took four wickets for the home team. The target was chased easily with Chopra and Westwood unbeaten on 13 and six respectively.
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