da dobrowin： Warwickshire Bears, who elected to bat first, made 244-6 in their day/nightmatch at Trent Bridge against the CricInfo-sponsored NottinghamshireOutlaws
da dobrowin： Dave Bracegirdle01-Aug-2000
Warwickshire Bears, who elected to bat first, made 244-6 in their day/nightmatch at Trent Bridge against the CricInfo-sponsored NottinghamshireOutlaws. Dominic Ostler top scored, making 79 not out from 92 deliveries.Richard Stemp was once again the pick of the home bowlers, taking 4-36.Notts were rocked before the start with the news that a back injury wouldsideline John Morris allowing Guy Welton another chance at the top of theorder. Warwickshire made two changes from their last Norwich Union outing,bringing Anurag Singh and Keith Piper back into the starting lineup.With the floodlights already on Singh and Nick Knight opened the inningsconfidently but Notts missed the chance of an early breakthrough. Singhslashed David Lucas to point but Stemp couldn’t hold the chance. The misswas to prove expensive as Singh began to hit the ball with venomous power.47 runs came from the first ten overs but as Jason Gallian began to ring thechanges the runs flowed at an alarming rate. Ten went from AJ Harris’ firstover and Paul Franks conceded eleven, including two no-balls, from his. Theboundary boards were being peppered with regularity as The Bears took 43from five overs before the fielding restrictions were lifted, with the scoreon 90-0.Stemp, from the Pavilion End, began his first spell with a moredefensively-set field and took just three deliveries to remove Singh. Theopener mistimed a drive to short extra cover and Gallian took a sharp, lowcatch. Dominic Ostler, high on confidence after recent good form, drove hisfirst ball to the boundary and again Notts were pegged back.The Bears took the total beyond 100 in the 17th over and it was swiftlyfollowed by yet another half century for Nick Knight. The England discardreached the landmark after facing 61 balls having hit 8×4’s. With a hugetotal seemingly inevitable Notts then had a huge slice of good fortune asKnight played his first false shot and perished, slogging Stemp to DavidLucas at mid-on. The spinner had picked up 2-15 from his first four overs todrag the visitors back to 118-2 from 22 overs.His figures deteriorated slightly with the arrival at the crease of TrevorPenney, who pulled him for six on his way to a brisk 30 before being bowledround his legs by Usman Afzaal.This was particularly sweet for Afzaal as he’d just seen Lucas spill Penneyoff his bowling. The part-time bowler then added a second wicket, with thehelp of the third umpire. Chris Read’s stumping of Ashley Giles leaving theinnings poised on 205-4Aided by a lightning-quick outfield Ostler pressed on to his own 50, reachedoff 71 balls but Warwicks then pressed the self-destruct button as bothBrown and Powell fell trying to play the reverse sweep off Stemp. Some lustyblows by Ostler, helped by a dropped catch from Franks, took The Bears up totheir end of innings total of 244-6.
