Musings about sports in general, & Cricket in particular. With baseball season coming up, will look into that, too. And lots of good cricket in 2007, including the World Cup.
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Leicestershire clinched a Twenty20 Cup semi-final spot with a thrilling one-run win over local rivals Derbyshire at Grace Road.
Set 172 to win, the visitors stayed in the hunt thanks to a half-century from Mohammed Kaif and 43 from Chris Bassano. But, needing a six off the final ball of the match, tailender Neil Gunter could only manage four. And, as their hosts celebrated, the Scorpions discovered that they had been eliminated from the competition.
Warwickshire's 54-run win over Northants gained the Bears the final qualification place as best runners-up.
Asked to bowl first, Derbyshire took wickets at regular intervals, but Leicestershire's lower order all contributed to keep the tempo high despite their parlous state. Brad Hodge top-scored with 37 from 30 deliveries before he was caught pulling Nathan Dumelow to deep square leg. Dominic Hewson took his wicket haul for the competition to 10 with the scalps of Phil DeFreitas, Trevor Ward and Paul Nixon.
But wicket-keeper Nixon's 27 from 13 balls proved to be the deciding factor. DeFreitas' experience gained him two crucial wickets at the death for figures of 3-39.
9:07 PM
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