http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 edge to victory over Warwickshire: Friends Life T20 – Match Recap
Worcestershire defeated Warwickshire by a narrow margin of six runs in a low-scoring match of the Friends Life T20, at the County Ground, New Road, Worcester in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Friday, July 8, 2011.
The hosts were restricted to 112 for the loss of seven wickets at the end of their allotted 20 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Cameron-c65525 top scored the innings with 37 runs. He was the only batsman in the entire match to take his score past the thirties.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862’s batting failed to achieve the target, as they only managed 106 for the loss of eight wickets at the end of their outing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daryl-Keith-Henry-Mitchell-c52532 won the toss for the hosts and elected to bat first, as the pitch was on the slower side. Conditions were expected to worsen in the second half of the game and chasing was not easy.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moeen-Ali-c1990 and Jack Manuel failed to give a good start to their side, as they were dismissed cheaply. The latter was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after collecting four runs. His partner followed after scoring just one run.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 ones, getting out for 13 and 21 in their respective outings.
The fall of wickets continued, as the hosts’ captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-c76390 and lower-order player, Gareth Andrew, got out on eight runs each. Worcestershire were struggling at that stage with six wickets down for 73 runs on the board.
However, Cameron and wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-James-Matthew-Scott-c47588, rescued their team from complete disaster, collecting 36 runs for the seventh wicket partnership.
Cameron got out in the final over of the innings after scoring an impressive 37 runs for his side. The keeper batsman remained unbeaten on 13 though, guiding the hosts to a challenging total in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Keith-Henderson-Barker-c70622 took two wickets for 10 runs in his spell and got good support from the rest of the bowlers as well in the match.
Warwickshire would have been pleased with the effort of their bowlers, but the batsmen failed miserably, as they were unable to achieve the target set by the opposition.
Only three batsmen reached double figures in the visitors’ innings, but they were also unable to make a significant impact. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/William-Thomas-Stuart-Porterfield-c97921 and Jim Troughton scored 17 and 15 in their respective outings before being dismissed.
Wicketkeeper batsman, Tim Ambrose, remained unbeaten on 27 runs, but was unable to win the match for his team. Warwickshire only managed 106 runs, losing eight batsmen in their allotted 20 overs.
The home team’s bowlers did a decent job and Jack Shantry picked up a couple of wickets for 23 runs in the match.
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