da marjack bet： England batsmen Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell were unable to provide a suitablecelebration of a major date in Warwickshire’s history as they went down toNorthamptonshire by five wickets in their final Clydesdale Bank 40 fixture atEdgbaston
29-Aug-2011
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England batsmen Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell were unable to provide a suitablecelebration of a major date in Warwickshire’s history as they went down toNorthamptonshire by five wickets in their final Clydesdale Bank 40 fixture atEdgbaston.One hundred years to the day since clinching their first County Championship -with a win against Northants – they slumped to their fifth defeat in the lastsix matches in a limp defence of last year’s title.Trott was out second ball, leg-before for nought, in the opening over from DaveBurton and the 26-year-old London-born paceman also dismissed Bell for 26 asWarwickshire were bowled out for 145. Even this lightweight target was no gift for Northamptonshire on the pitch that was used for the Friends Life t20 finals day at the weekend, but their much-changed side got home with 52 balls to spare.Alex Wakely (34) and David Willey (23) gave the visitors a strong start butloan signing Chris Wright split the openers before Rikki Clarke drove a hole inthe top order.His fourth ball took the inside edge of Wakely’s bat for a catch behind thewicket and his second over began with an lbw decision against David Sales and acomfortable chance to point from Niall O’Brien.At 65 for four, and with Rob Newton unable to bat after injuring an arm whilefielding, Northamptonshire could easily have caved in but new signing KyleCoetzer and captain Andrew Hall responded with a stand of 58.Although Clarke completed a one-day best return of four for 28 by bowling Hallfor 24, Coetzer finished the job with the highest score of the match, anunbeaten 54 from 64 balls, completed by the winning six off Neil Carter.The entire Warwickshire innings contained only nine fours and one six, whichwas hit over mid-wicket by Ateeq Javid in making a top score of 34. Burton, a journeyman now with his third first-class county, made a spectacular start when Trott and Carter missed straight balls.Bell initially looked a class apart but after picking off four boundaries, healso fell to Burton. His lofted drive looped high over mid-off where Sam Sweeneyran back and held the catch as the ball dropped over his shoulder.Burton had three wickets for 12 runs from his first 26 balls andNorthamptonshire were able to shackle the middle order as the spin pair, TomBrett and Wakely, combined for three wickets and got through their 16 overs for51 runs. Brett, a 21-year-old slow left-armer, had William Porterfield taken at extracover for 30 and all-rounder Hall (two for 14) wrapped up the innings in the39th over by bowling Javid.