da bet7： Graeme White took four wickets as Northamptonshire saw offGloucestershire to claim their first home win in the Friends Life t20in almost three years.
28-Jun-2013
ScorecardGraeme White, on loan from Notts, took 4 for 14•PA Photos
Graeme White took four wickets as Northamptonshire saw offGloucestershire to claim their first home win in the Friends Life t20in almost three years.After the weather saw the match reduced to 12 overs-a-side, Northantsbatted well in making 124 for 4 with Scotland captain Kyle Coetzertop-scoring by smashing 39 off 25 balls.Gloucestershire never looked like reaching their target as they collapsed to 83for 9 with Nottinghamshire loanee Graeme White taking a brilliant 4 for 14from three overs with Muhammad Azharullah claiming 2 for 23.This was the hosts’ first victory in this competition at Wantage Road sincethey defeated Lancashire in July 2010 and it gets this year’s campaign off to aflyer.Several rain delays meant proceedings eventually began at 8:10pm after thevisitors won the toss and chose to field. Dan Christian then dismissed Richard Levi for 2 in the second over when he chased a wide delivery and was taken by wicketkeeperGareth Roderick.Coetzer departed when he chipped Benny Howell to Gloucester captain MichaelKlinger at extra cover before the same bowler castled Cameron White after he hadclubbed 28 off 20 balls. Alex Wakely bludgeoned 36 off only 19 deliveries beforesmashing David Payne to Ian Cockbain at long-off with the last ball of theinnings.Chasing 125, Gloucestershire lost Hamish Marshall from the second ball whenhe got a leading edge from David Willey to Cameron White at midwicket before Chris Dent dragged Azharullah on to his stumps. The visitors then lost two wickets in consecutive balls in the eighth over, bowled by Graeme White, when Christian picked out Willey at long on. Klinger was taken at long-off by Matthew Spriegel after plundering 27 as thegame slipped away from the Gladiators.Five wickets then tumbled for just three runs as Howell was superbly runout by Willey at long-on before White caught and bowled Alex Gidman with the very next ball. White then bowled James Fuller before Azharullah repeated the doseto Cockbain and Gareth Roderick in the penultimate over to compound thevisitors’ misery.