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01-May-2011
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Varun Chopra continued his prolific start to the season as Warwickshire beatLeicestershire by nine runs to register their first Clydesdale Bank 40 victorysince winning the trophy at Lord’s last September.The former Essex opener made 115 from 110 balls as the holders piled up 294 for5 – 27 short of their record 40-over score in the corresponding fixture lastMay – and overcame James Taylor’s 101 in restricting Leicestershire to 285 for7.Not content with two double-centuries in the County Championship, Chopracompiled his first limited-overs hundred for Warwickshire and comfortablysurpassed his previous one-day best of 102 for Essex against Middlesex in 2007.Now in the form of his life after an injury-interrupted first season in themidlands, he systematically dissected the bowling, reaching his 50 with sixboundaries and then adding one more four and three sixes before he was dismissedin 37th over.Having survived one sketchy shot over mid-on off Alex Wyatt early in hisinnings, he completed his century before Wayne White misjudged a clear-cutchance at deep mid-wicket off Nadeem Malik.Leicestershire often looked ragged in the field as Warwickshire turned up theheat after a routine start in which William Porterfield (32) was the morepositive of the openers until he dragged White’s fourth delivery to shortmid-wicket.Chopra gathered momentum in a partnership of 116 with Mohammad Yousuf. The twobatsmen matched other, run for run, until Yousuf (56) failed to clear deepsquare leg and gave the unusually expensive Claude Henderson his only success ineight overs costing 70 runs.Chopra was finally caught at long-on off White and Rikki Clarke, having hit twosixes in a quick-fire 39, was bowled by Matthew Hoggard.Josh Cobb (40) and Jacques Du Toit (39) gave the Foxes a solid platform andMathew Boyce stepped up the pace with 48 from 31 balls in a partnership of 78 in7.4 overs with the resourceful Taylor.They plundered 35 in two overs from Keith Barker during the second battingpowerplay, and when Boyce was caught at mid-on – a second wicket forLoughborough University off-spinner Maurice Holmes – Taylor went on to hiscentury in 85 deliveries.The England Lions batsman, who managed only eight boundaries in a perfectlypaced innings, was bowled next ball by Chris Woakes.Leicestershire then needed 26 from the last two overs but fell short despiteWhite’s six off Woakes in reaching 29 not out.