http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 steer Warwickshire home
Half-centuries from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rikki-Clarke-c85428 steered Warwickshire to an easy six-wicket win over Northamptonshire, in their opening game of this year’s Clydesdale Bank 40 competition, played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Sunday, May 6, 2012.
Following his impressive maiden ton of the season against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 in the County Championship, Bell underlined his credentials as a player for all formats with a composed unbeaten knock of 82 – helping his side to comfortably chase down 209 posted by the visitors.
He got appreciable helping hand from Clarke, who also remained not out on 54 off 44 balls, which included seven boundaries.
It was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040, it did little in terms of rattling the hosts’ momentum.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Wakely-c988 and Niall O’ Brien (13) began by adding 39 for the first wicket – the latter’s knock was subdued, despite clearing the boundary and hitting one shot for four in his 27-ball stay, and was brought to an end by Chris Wright.
Wakely departed two overs later on the team score of 50, cleaned up by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798, still kept the innings on track – adding 44 off 41 deliveries but his departure just before the half-way stage put the brakes on the scoring rate.
It was then left for Hall to consolidate and the captain lead from the front with an aggressive unbeaten 52. However, his supporhttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Barker-c47300, who ended up with 3 for 41.
Chasing 210, the home side lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Chopra-c2745 went about their business calmly, sharing 57 for the second-wicket.
The home side then suffered a minor break in their rhythm after Northants claimed three wickets in the middle-stage, two of which fell to spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Con-de-Lange-c1280, leaving them in a bit of bother at 109 for 4.
However, Bell and Clarke then joined hands to restore dominancy, adding 103 in 13 overs to earn their side a convincing win, and kick-start their CB 40 campaign on a high.
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