Essex edge to a close victory over Middlesex: Friends Life T20 - 1st Innings Recap
Essex overcame http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 encounter of the Friends Life Twenty20, at the County Ground, Chelmsford in England, on Saturday, July 2, 2011.
The hosts batted first and collected 139 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 20 overs. None of their batsmen managed to post a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RN-ten-Doeschate-c2338, played well and ended up being the top
scorer for his side with 28 runs.
In reply, the Middlesex batsmen failed to make an impression, as they were restricted to 131 in their outing. South Africa’s all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-McLaren-c2232, fought really hard, scoring an unbeaten 35, but he lacked support from the other end.
The visitors’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Dexter-c2091, put the opposition into bat after winning the toss. He would have been pleased with the performance of his bowlers, but the batting failed miserably in the end.
Essex’s innings was started by Adam Wheater and Mark Pettini. The latter looked to attack the bowlers and scored 13 runs off just nine deliveries before being dismissed in the second over of the innings.
New Zealand’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659, was promoted to bat at number three in order to play some aggressive cricket. The ploy failed badly though, as the Kiwi star was sent back to the pavilion after adding just three runs to the total.
Adding insult to injury, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134, was also not able to get going, as he was run-out without scoring. This put the hosts on the back foot, as they lost three wickets for just 22 runs on the board.
Wheater tried to steady the ship for his side and he managed to score some runs. However, his resistance didn’t last long, as the stylish opener was dismissed after collecting 21 runs from 17 deliveries.
Matt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravinder-Singh-Bopara-c84233, who limped to 14 runs off 28 balls in his struggling knock.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783, was the next man to be dismissed. He collected only five runs and his team was left struggling at 72/7.
However, the lower-order of the home team played reasonably well, guiding the team into a challenging position. Ten Doeschate and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Napier-c1505 collected 28 runs for the eighth wicket partnership, guiding the team’s total to 100.
Napier was dismissed after scoring 23 runs off 14 balls with the help of three boundaries while Doeschate got out in the final over of the innings after collecting 28 runs off 20 balls, striking two fours.
Tim Phillips did a very good job, scoring 21 runs from 12 deliveries with the help of three fours. His effort guided the home team’s total to 139 in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Paul-Crook-c91337 took two wickets for 27 runs in his four overs but he would have liked to restrict the opposition below 125.
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