http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zander-de-Bruyn-c98565 shines in Surrey victory against Glamorgan: Friends Life T20
Zander de Bruyn guided Surrey to an 18-run victory over Glamorgan, in a match of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Friday, July 1, 2011.
The visitors batted first and posted 170 runs to chase for the Glamorgan side. The highlight of the innings was a sensational half-century from South Africa’s de Bruyn, who ended up with 70 runs in the match.
Glamorgan were unable to challenge the opposition, as they were only restricted to 151 for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 20 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Grant-Wagg-c60586 put up a fight for his side and top scored the home team’s innings with 46 runs, but his effort went
in vain.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784, opted to field first after winning the toss. His decision didn’t prove to be a good one, as the team’s bowlers failed to restrict the opposition to a lesser total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542, failed to open his account and had to take the long walk back to the pavilion in the very first over of the innings.
The visitors’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rory-Hamilton-Brown-c2366, was also not able to make an impression in the match and was dismissed for one. He has been struggling for form in the recent times and failed to deliver once again.
Tom Maynard was the next man to be dismissed in the innings. He managed eight runs off the same number of deliveries in his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease, leaving Surrey at 42/3.
Although wickets kept on falling at one end, the Surrey opener, Jason http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 didn’t panic at all and kept on attacking the opposition’s bowlers. He got out after a valiant innings of 51 runs from 33 deliveries, clobbering four fours and one massive six.
No wicket fell in the Surrey innings after that, as de Bruyn and Zafar Ansari batted till the end. They remained unbeaten on 70 and 34 in their respective outings, putting their team into a very strong position.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Burnell-Harris-c65517 was the pick of the Glamorgan bowlers, taking two wickets in the match.
In reply, most of the home team’s batsmen got starts, but none failed to bat all the distance and win the match. Openers Mark Cosgrove and Petersen were dismissed after scoring 18 and 13 respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 one. However, Wagg tried his best to win the match for his side, scoring 46 runs from 27 balls. He ran out of time in the end though and was dismissed in the final over of
the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Batty-c1456 bowled well, restricting the home team to 151/7. He picked up a couple of wickets for 23 runs in his spell.
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