Sunday 20 May 2012

Pro40 Cricket and Tables - 20th May

A good day for winning the toss and a good day for batting first, although in our first game neither of those things were true. There were no really big scores, but equally, few tight games.

Kent v Unicorns - Unicorns win by 4 wickets
Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Ken - 165
Uni - 166-6

Only Northeast (69) passed 50 as Kent struggled, despite having opted to bat, while Querl was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 41. In reply the Unicorns batted steadily and only lost occasional wickets until, with the score on 128, Tredwell took two in as many balls leaving the visitors in trouble with only four wickets left. Parsons (46*) and Querl (24*) batted excellently though to see the game home with an over to spare.

Star Player: Querl, for a superb all round effort with both bat and ball.


Lancashire v Essex - Lancashire win by 28 runs
Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Lan - 258-9
Ess - 230

Moore (62), Croft (53) and Horton (54) all chipped in to help Lancashire to a healthy total batting first. Masters picked up four wickets but the home side built a strong platform that they could attack from later.
     A good all round bowling effort then reduced Essex to 139-6. Smith (44) and Napier (51) tried their best to get themselves back into the game but it was too little too late.

Star Player: Moore, for top scoring a setting Lancashire well on their way.


Leicestershire v Middlesex - Middlesex win by 31 runs
Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Mid - 241-5
Lei - 210

All of Middlesex's batsmen made starts, although only Dexter (54*) made to a half-century. Leicestershire couldn't match this effort as they lost 3 wickets for 2 runs to leave them 33-4 in reply. Wicket-keeper Eckersley made 46 to add to his two catches earlier but the home side fell well short.

Star Player: Dexter, for staying to the end of the innings and top scoring.


Northamptonshire v Sussex - Sussex win by 12 runs
Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Sus - 180
Nor - 168-7

Sussex made an excellent start through Wright 59, but Northamptonshire pegged them back with 3 wickets for 5 runs. Only four batsmen made it to double figures as the visitors fell well short of using all their overs. Daggett picked up 4 wickets for 31 in his seven overs.
     Northamptonshire will have expected to win chasing that score but were too casual and let the run rate climb. Again several batsmen failed to make starts, while others (Sales, 51) batted well. In the end a great bowling effort restricted the home side, despite them not being all out.

Star Player: Wright, for making a bright start.


Surrey v Durham - Surrey win by 60 runs
Surrey won the toss and chose to bat
Sur - 221-7
Dur - 161

77 from Maynard and 60 not out from Ansari helped recover Surrey after a steady start that left them 47-3. They were the only innings of note however as the home side posted an average total. Durham though, never got near it. Muchall (41) and Collingwood (32) had them on track at 120-3 after 27 overs, but then the visitors collapsed to finish well short.

Star Player: Maynard, for holding the innings together and top scoring.

Yorkshire v Derbyshire - Yorkshire win by 7 wickets
Yorkshire won the toss and chose to field.
Der - 219-8
Yor - 223-3

Hughes (50) and Guptill (89) put on 137 for the first wicket to set Derbyshire up well. Unfortunately they couldn't capitalise and lost wickets steadily throughout the rest of the innings to only set a par score. In reply Yorkshire's lowest scoring batsman was Root (28*) while Ballance helped him see the game home with 77 off 60 balls with six 4s and four 6s as the home side hit 70 in 8 overs.

Star Player: Ballance, a great knock to secure the game.


Scotland v Hampshire - Hampshire win by 89 runs
Hampshire won the toss and chose to bat
Ham - 220
Sco - 131

Carberry hit 76 to set Hampshire on their way to an average score in Glasgow. He also took a wicket as the visitors romped to a huge victory. The Scottish batsmen failed to really get going and were all out in 33 overs.

Start Player: Carberry, for the stand out innings of the game and picking up a wicket.



Tables

Group A
Team Played Points
1 Netherlands 3 4
2 Gloucestershire 3 4
3 Middlesex 3 4
4 Lancashire 1 2
5 Worcestershire 2 2
6 Essex 2 1
7 Leicestershire 4 1

Group B
Team Played Points
1 Surrey 3 6
2 Hampshire 2 4
3 Scotland 4 3
4 Durham 2 2
5 Glamorgan 2 1
6 Nottinghamshire 1 0
7 Somerset 2 0

Group C
Team Played Points
1 Warwickshire 2 4
2 Sussex 2 4
3 Unicorns 4 3
4 Kent 2 2
5 Derbyshire 3 2
6 Yorkshire 2 2
7 Northamptonshire 3 1

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