da aposte e ganhe： Rain denied a crowd of 8,000 the chance to see Kevin Pietersen inbatting action as Surrey’s Friends Life t20 clash with Glamorgan was abandonedat the midway stage
10-Jun-2011
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Rain denied a crowd of 8,000 the chance to see Kevin Pietersen inbatting action as Surrey’s Friends Life t20 clash with Glamorgan was abandonedat the midway stage.Pietersen made his competition debut for Surrey, but the crowd had to settlefor seeing him field as the visitors, captained by Alviro Petersen, reached atotal of 167 for 7.The Glamorgan skipper made 13 before being bowled by Dirk Nannes, who bowledfour tight overs, while Jade Dernbach also impressed with the ball for Surrey ashe took three for 30.Both sides collected one point for the no-result, and the consolation forSurrey and Glamorgan – if not for the spectators – is that they remain firmly incontention for top-four finishes in the South Group.Thunder and lightning greeted the end of Glamorgan’s 20 overs, and the Ovalgroundstaff were soon hauling on covers while torrential rain fell over southLondon.For a while, when the weather temporarily cleared, there was hope that playmight be able to re-start, but when more heavy rain arrived just before 9pm thematch was abandoned.Mark Cosgrove and Jim Allenby, who hit a fine 63 off 44 balls, played the majorinnings for Glamorgan, while David Brown hit out productively towards the end ashe and Allenby added 53 in five overs for the sixth wicket.If Pietersen had not pulled off a fine boundary catch at long-on to dismissCosgrove for a 30-ball 43 in the 11th over, leaping to hold the ball and doingwell not to step over the ropes in the process, Glamorgan’s total would surelyhave been greater. He and Allenby had added 57 in just six overs.As it was, they lost four wickets for 14 runs inside four overs, with Cosgrovethe first to go in that sequence, and momentum was only regained in a 17th overfrom Zander de Bruyn in which Allenby took a leg-side four as he went to hishalf-century and Brown swung a mighty six over long-on.There was another six for Allenby in the next over, with Yasir Arafat blastedover mid-wicket, while Brown went down on one knee and cleverly paddle-sweptDernbach to fine leg for four as he reached an unbeaten 31 from 21 balls.Cosgrove hit four fours and two sixes, both over long-on off Gareth Batty,while Allenby’s fine innings contained three sixes – two in the same over offChris Schofield – and five fours.