Worcestershire v Derbyshire: Clydesdale Bank 40 – Derbyshire’s Innings Recap
Derbyshire required 198 runs for victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Thursday, August 4, 2011.
The match was reduced to 36 overs per side according to the Duckworth/Lewis (D/L) method, as rain had stopped play during the first innings.
The hosts had a very good batting line-up, which was fully capable of chasing down this total. The team was also give a very solid start by opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980, who top scored with 64 runs.
However, the lower-order of Derbyshire struggled to cope up with the pressure, resulting in the team’s loss by 23 runs in the end. The team was bundled up for 174 in 34.3 overs.
The home team’s opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789 rescued the team from trouble.
The pair put together 84 runs for the second wicket stand, guiding the total closer to 100. Durston played really well, but gave his wicket away after getting a solid start to his innings. The seasoned campaigner collected 39 runs from 53 balls with the
help of three boundaries in his impressive outing.
New Zealand’s Guptill did not miss out on his opportunity to make an impression, as he completed a very impressive half-century. The Kiwi player got out after adding 64 runs to the total off 72 balls with the help of four fours and one massive six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Smith-c1508 was the next man to be dismissed in the innings. He failed to make most of the conditions, getting out for 11 runs off 15 balls.
The wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729, who got out for a duck.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Poynton-c2703 was also unable to get going, as he managed just a single run in his short outing.
Adding insult to injury, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Madsen-c2784 was run-out after misjudging a run. He was batting well and had collected 45 runs off the same number of balls with the help of three fours and one towering six.
Madsen’s downfall sunk the Derbyshire team deeper and the final two wickets also fell cheaply.
Derbyshire lost their last 7 wickets for just 25 runs. They struggled against the quality spin bowling of Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859.
The wily off-spinner picked up four wickets in the match for 24 runs in his seven-over spell.
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