Match report Lancs v Surrey in Twenty20 2004

Match report Lancs v Surrey in Twenty20 2004 by Neil Adams

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Summary

On a sun drenched day, and in front of a packed house, Lancashire and Surrey opened up proceedings at 11.30am. Adam Hollioake won the toss and elected to bat. Surrey started well accumulating runs at in excess of 10 per over. Flintoff was introduced into the attack in just the sixth over to replace Glen Chapple. Chapple conceded five consecutive boundaries in his second over. Not a surprise really when you consider the number of half trackers and wide deliveries. Flintoff removed Brown (32) and Newman (12) in his first and second over respectively. Mongia's tumbling catch to dismiss Newman at third man was truly inspirational. Ramprakash and Clarke rebuilt Surrey's innings in the next five overs, posting the hundred in the 13th over. Rikki Clarke's dismissal in the 14th over triggered a startling collapse which saw Surrey go from 109 for 3 to 133 all out on the final ball of the innings. Lancashire's fielding and throwing was outstanding, especially Mark Chilton's direct hit from long-on to remove Sampson. Surely the semi-final jinx could be overcome? Lancashire received a huge slice of luck in the 2nd over of their innings when Sampson failed to hold a simple catch at mid-on due to the sun blinding him in his eyes. Just as Sampson went to take the catch, he was forced to duck away. Perhaps he should have been wearing a cap.

Surrey captured the vital wicket of Flintoff in the 3rd over for 15. From that point onward, no Lancashire player dominated the batting and played a crucial innings. Everyone seemed to make a contribution but lost their wicket just when they seemed to have gained control. With Lancashire struggling on 95 for 6 in the 16th over, Dominic Cork blasted 25 runs from 13 balls to put Surrey on the back foot. Unfortunately, Cork lost his head with 10 runs required and presented an easy catch to Clarke at cover (124-7). Going into the final over, memories of Worcester were in abundance. 7 Runs from 6 balls for an outright win, or 6 runs to tie and progress by virtue of losing less wickets.

Lancashire's approach was to try and score a run a ball. A big mistake. The inevitable "dot" ball came on the fourth delivery and 2 runs were required from the final ball to tie scores. Why Schofield, or Hegg did not simply smash the ball for four only they know. Unfortunately, Schofield was on strike for the last ball. (With the exception of 1 two, all of Schofield's 20/20 runs this season have been singles). Needless to say, Schofield only managed a single and Lancashire fell one run short. That dreaded last over feeling had returned once again. On top of the defeat, Hegg suffered a further injury which might keep him out for the remainder of the season. Perhaps that was his final game for the club as captain. At least Lanky won the mascot race in the interval between the semi-finals. That will enable Lancashire to claim some success this season!

KEY NOTES OF THE DAY

Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
Benning bowled Anderson 16 - 24 for 1 in the 3rd over (Leg stump) - Brown 6*
50 for 1 in the 5th over - Brown 27* Newman 5*
Brown bowled Flintoff 32 (Off-stump) - 61 for 2 in the 6th over - Newman 10*
Newman caught Mongia bowled Flintoff 12 (Diving catch low at third man) - 66 for 3 in the 8th over - Ramprakash 2*
101 for 3 in the 13th over - Ramprakash 22* Clarke 12* Clarke lbw bowled Keedy 18 - 109 for 4 in the 14th over - Ramprakash 24*
Ramprakash bowled Keedy 24 - 111 for 5 in the 14th over (Middle stump) - Hollioake 0*
Hollioake caught Hegg bowled Mongia 1 - 111 for 6 in the 15th over - Mahmood 0* (Mongia's first ball)
Batty caught Chapple bowled Mongia 3 (Cover point) - 121 for 7 in the 17th over - Mahmood 7*
Mahmood caught Chilton bowled Keedy 13 (Low at long-on) - 127 for 8 in the 18th over - Ormond 0*
Sampson run out 0 (Direct hit by Chilton from long-on) - 128 for 9 in the 18th over - Ormond 1*
Doshi bowled Anderson 1 (Off stump) - 133 all out from 20 overs - Ormond 5*

Crook 6 missed chance to Sampson at mid-on - sun in eyes - 16 for 0 in the 2nd over - Flintoff 11*
Flintoff caught Brown bowled Mahmood 15 (Skied to mid-on) - 22 for 1 in the 3rd over - Crook 7*
Chilton caught & bowled Mahmood 11 - 37 for 2 in the 5th over - Crook 8* Crook caught sub (Murtagh) bowled Clarke 12 (Hook skied to long leg) -
47 for 3 in the 6th over - Mongia 6*
50 for 3 in the 7th over - Mongia 7* Hooper 2*
Mongia caught Batty bowled Sampson 15 - 63 for 4 in the 10th over - Hooper 7* (Sampson's first ball)
Chapple 0 dropped at point by Murtagh - 63 for 4 in the 10th over - Hooper 7*
Hooper bowled Doshi (Off stump) 26 - 94 for 5 in the 16th over - Chapple 11*
Chapple lbw bowled Doshi 11 - 95 for 6 in the 16th over - Schofield 1*
100 for 6 in the 17th over - Schofield 1* Cork 4*
Cork caught Clarke bowled Hollioake 25 (Skied to cover) - 124 for 7 in the 19th over - Schofield 4*
Schofield run out 8 - 132 for 8 from 20 overs (Last ball) - Hegg 3*
Surrey beat Lancashire by 1 run