Warwickshire v Durham - Friends Life T20 - First Innings Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 held their nerves to win against Durham by four wickets and zero balls remaining in closely fought game of the Friends Life T20, at the Edgbaston, Birmingham in England, on Monday, July 11, 2011.
Durham posted 145 runs for the loss of five wickets in their outing and almost managed to defend the total in the end. The star of the innings for the visitors was their captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302, who top scored the match with 50 runs.
The hosts would have had their hearts in their mouths at one stage of their innings, but managed to win the match off the final ball. Majority of the runs in the team’s innings came from the top-order with Darren Maddy being the highest scorer, collecting
40 runs.
Warwickshire’s captain, Jim Troughton, elected to field first after winning the toss. He expected some moisture beneath the surface of the wicket, which could cause a few problems for the batsmen in the opening stages of the match.
The decision proved to be a good one, as the visitors’ top-order struggled to cope with the swing and seam movement of the new ball.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376. They would have hoped to bat steadily until the ball became a bit older, but failed to last long at the crease.
Muchall was unable to get going and got out after collecting just one run off four balls in his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease. He was followed by his opening partner, who contributed 15 runs to the total from 18 deliveries with the help of a couple of boundaries.
The keeper batsman was unlucky, as he was run-out after hanging out in the middle for some time. He looked well set and would have been disappointed with the way he got out.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569 was the next man to be dismissed in the innings. The seasoned campaigner failed to make an impression and was sent back to the pavilion after adding just six runs to the total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lawson-Miller-c53037 looked good for his 11 runs off 12 balls, but was unable to carry onto the start he got to his innings. When he got out, Durham were struggling at 44/4 in 8.5 overs.
However, veteran England batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-David-Collingwood-c81044 and Benkenstein rescued their team from trouble with a solid 36-run stand for the fifth wicket.
Collingwood was dismissed after scoring 24 runs, but the visitors’ captain batted until the end of the innings. He finished with an unbeaten 50 off 32 balls, clobbering five fours and two massive sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Breese-c1458 also provided very good support to his skipper, scoring an unbeaten 31 runs off 21 balls with the help of five fours and one six. Both players put together 65 runs for the sixth wicket partnership, guiding Durham to 145 in the end.
Neil Carter bowled well with the new ball, finishing with figures of 1/16 in his three-over spell.
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