da 888casino： Powerful half-centuries from David Hussey and Chris Read set Nottinghamshire on their way to a comfortable 75-run victory over Scotland in their ClydesdaleBank 40 meeting today
08-Aug-2010
ScorecardPowerful half-centuries from David Hussey and Chris Read set Nottinghamshire on their way to a comfortable 75-run victory over Scotland in their ClydesdaleBank 40 meeting today.After coming together in the 24th over with the score at 116 for 4, the pairput on 89 for the fifth wicket with Hussey smashing 80 from 67 balls, includingtwo sixes and six fours, before being caught on the midwicket boundary. Read also hit two maximums and six boundaries in his 69 not out from 50 balls as the hosts finished on 260 for 5, having added 115 in the last 10 overs.Despite a bright start, Scotland never looked like overhauling their target andwere bowled out for 185 in the 39th over, with former England all-rounder PaulFranks taking 3 for 22.Having won the toss and chosen to bat, Nottinghamshire skipper Read would nothave been impressed to see his top three batsmen all back in the pavilion insidethe first 11 overs as they stumbled to 51 for 3. Young seamer Matthew Parker picked up the first two wickets, removing Alex Hales lbw in the second over of the match before Matt Wood drove straight to midwicket.Gordon Drummond then removed Ali Brown lbw with his third ball before Husseycombined with Samit Patel to steady the ship with a partnership of 65 in 13overs.Patel eventually fell, clipping off-spinner Majid Haq to midwicket for 48, andHussey and Read then stepped up the pressure with some big hits in the battingpowerplay, Gordon Goudie coming in for particular punishment.Scotland’s opening pair of Fraser Watts and Preston Mommsen began confidentlyand were ahead of their opponents’ score after nine overs before Mommsentop-edged an attempted pull off Franks to be caught by wicketkeeper Read.That was the first of four wickets to fall in five overs, halting the momentumof the Saltires, with George Bailey, Richie Berrington and Watts all falling inquick succession. Former England international Gavin Hamilton was caught on the boundary trying to raise the tempo and the Scots were never able to get back on top of therequired run-rate.Moneeb Iqbal made 31 and Dougie Lockhart top-scored with 37 before handing20-year-old Notts all-rounder Scott Elstone a wicket on his CB40 debut, holingout on the boundary, with the match wrapped up by a run-out.Second-placed Notts will face Group C leaders Warwickshire on Thursday in acrunch floodlit match, with the winners in a strong position to claim top spotand qualify for the semi-finals.