http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 trounce Somerset by an innings and 382 runs
Warwickshire humiliated Somerset in a County Championship Division One match by an innings and 382 runs, at the County Ground, Taunton in England. The visitors batted only once in the match, amassing 642 runs in their first innings. In reply, Somerset scored
210 and 50 in both their innings.
Somerset’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Trescothick-c1898, won the toss and put the visitors into bat. His decision went terribly wrong, as Warwickshire scored a mammoth first innings total of 642 runs. The pitch was good for batting and there was not much seam and swing for
the bowlers, but the former English opener misread the conditions completely.
Warwickshire’s opener, Varun Chopra, played a superb innings of 210 runs off 348 balls. He lost his opening partner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Westwood-c1573, early, but didn’t lose his focus at all from the game. The 23-year-old batsman struck 29 fours and three sixes in his marathon
innings, before he finally got out.
Chris Woakes, who made his international debut for England in January 2011 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, was the other batsman to score a ton. The flamboyant player scored a run-a-ball 129 with the help of 18 fours and one massive six.
The other run getters for the visitors were Darren Maddy and Ant Botha. Both scored 67 and 64 runs for their team respectively, guiding the total close to 650.
Somerset’s bowlers didn’t have a clue of where to bowl in the match, as they were given a tough time by the Warwickshire batsmen. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajantha-c42419 Mendis took four wickets apiece for their team.
The hosts were unable to trouble the Warwickshire bowlers, as they were bundled-up for just 210 in their first innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arul-Suppiah-c1084 was the stand-out performer for his team, scoring 62 runs but he didn’t get much support from the other end.
The second highest score came from middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Trego-c2181, who remained unbeaten on 39 runs before running out of partners.
Woakes, who had a very good time with the bat, was devastating with the ball. The 22-year-old seamer took six wickets in the innings. He got good support from Rikki http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, who dismissed two batsmen.
Somerset came out to bat for the second consecutive time, as Warwickshire imposed the follow on. However, things got even worse for the hosts in their second innings, as they were all-out for 50. The wicket-keeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jos-Buttler-c1733
were the only two batsmen to reach double figures. They scored 13 and 12 respectively.
Clarke was in menacing form with the ball, as he took five wickets in just the 3.4 overs he bowled.
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