Warwickshire v Yorkshire: County Championship Division One – Warwickshire’s First Innings
Warwickshire started their innings on the second day’s play against Yorkshire in a match of the County Championship Division One at the Headingley, Leeds in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Wednesday, August 24, 2011.
Earlier, the home team was all out for 297 runs on the first day’s play on Tuesday, August 23. The team had opted to bat first after winning the toss, but failed to post a huge first innings total.
Only one batsman in the entire innings http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Ballance-c1465 managed to take his score past fifty. He top scored with 57 runs.
There was some bite in the pitch on the first day, but conditions had eased out once Warwickshire started their innings. This allowed the team to take a solid first innings lead, collecting 482 runs in their outing.
West Indies’ star http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 player a spectacular knock of 193 runs. He deserved a double-ton, but still did a fabulous job for his side in the end.
Warwickshire’s innings did not get off to an ideal start, as the openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Westwood-c1573 failed to make an impression. The former was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after collecting just 1 run.
Westwood was the next man to be dismissed in the innings after adding 3 runs to the total, leaving his side in a struggling position at 5/2.
Middle-order player Laurie Evans and Chanderpaul gave some momentum to the innings with a 42-run stand for the third wicket. The former was unable to make most of the start to his innings, getting out after contributing 30 runs to the total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862’s skipper Jim Troughton took his time to settle down, but failed to carry onto the start he got to his innings. He managed 27 runs off 81 balls in his struggling knock.
The visitors were in a spot of bother with 4 wickets down for 115 runs on the board. However, the team was guided into a safe position by Chanderpaul and wicketkeeper batsman Tim Ambrose.
The pair put together 111 runs for the fifth wicket partnership before the latter got out after scoring an impressive knock of 66 runs with the help of 10 boundaries. He was followed by Darren Maddy, who managed just 12 runs in his short stay at the crease.
A 119-run stand for the seventh wicket between Chanderpaul and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Keith-Henderson-Barker-c70622 took the game away from the Yorkshire team. The pair batted extremely well, leading their side into a solid position.
The veteran West Indian batsman finally got out after scoring 193 runs off 306 balls with the help of 26 boundaries. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Barker-c47300 and Neil Carter, who scored 85 and 40 respectively, guiding the team to a first innings lead of 185 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3 wickets in the innings.
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