da bet nacional： Worcestershire survived a top-order slump to become Second Division leaders in the Norwich Union League with the assistance of Durham’s wash-out at Old Trafford
da mrbet： Roy Bradley15-Jul-2001Worcestershire survived a top-order slump to become Second Division leaders in the Norwich Union League with the assistance of Durham’s wash-out at Old Trafford. The teams are level on points but the Royals have one more win.Facing a lightweight Middlesex total of 128, they almost fumbled their opportunity during a spell of 3 for 13 by Angus Fraser but eventually nosed home by five wickets with 7.2 overs to spare.A recovery from 49 for 4 was instigated by two all-rounders who had topped-and-tailed Middlesex’s struggle. David Leatherdale and Andy Bichel put together a partnership of 50 as the Crusaders suffered for the lack of a specialist fourth pace bowler.Though Bichel drove a catch to deep mid-off after making 23, Leatherdale saw the job through with an undefeated 55 – his first half-century of the season in the league.Bichel had caused Middlesex’s early problems with the wickets of Andrew Strauss and Owais Shah for an overall return of 8-4-11-2 and Leatherdale polished off the tail with 2 for 9 in 19 deliveries.The Crusaders managed only six scoring shots in 13 overs by the time they lost their fourth wicket at 22, but they mounted a recovery in a partnership of 55 by David Nash and Mike Roseberry.The fifth-wicket pair were responsible for nine of only 14 boundaries in the innings and Roseberry celebrated a career milestone by reaching 4,000 runs in the one-day league.He made 35 until missing with an attempted reverse sweep off Matthew Rawnsley and Nash was top scorer with 43 from 81 balls when he was ninth out to a leg-side stumping by Steve Rhodes.
