da bet7： Phil Mustard hammered Durham’s highest individual Twenty20 score of 91 in a76-run home victory against Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street.
12-Jul-2013
ScorecardPhil Mustard struck 11 fours and three sixes•Getty Images
Phil Mustard hammered Durham’s highest individual Twenty20 score of 91 in a76-run home victory against Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street.Mustard struck 11 fours and three sixes in scoring his runs off 52balls as Durham amassed 215 for 6, their joint second highest T20 total.Without their England men and injured skipper Andrew Gale, Yorkshire quicklyslipped to 22 for 3 in reply and finished on 139 for 8. Gary Ballance made 68 and the second-highest scorer was acting captain AzeemRafiq with 15 not out.Durham completed the double over Yorkshire but have lost their otherthree games and both teams are struggling to progress in the competition.Durham’s previous best was 83 not out, scored by Herschelle Gibbs againstDerbyshire last year, and their first century looked certain until Mustard triedto run Rich Pyrah to third man and chopped the ball into his stumps in the 14thover.Rafiq put Durham in and after they took only 18 off the first three oversMustard hammered 27 off the fourth, with the help of a no-ball from JackBrooks. Sixes over long-on and midwicket were followed by fours to fine leg, long-onand backward point.The score had reached 62 in the sixth over when Mark Stoneman clipped Pyrah toshort fine leg to depart for 12.Liam Plunkett proved hard to get away in his first two overs until Mustardhooked his 12th ball behind square for his eighth four to reach 50 off 26balls. Scott Borthwick helped to maintain the tempo, hitting Rafiq over midwicket forsix and the stand was worth 83 in eight overs when Mustard was out.Borthwick holed out for 35, off 18 balls, then Ben Stokes hit four successiveballs from Plunkett to the boundary. He fell for 23, but Gordon Muchall kept the runs flowing, his unbeaten 27coming off 16 balls after 17 came off the final over from Plunkett.Yorkshire’s top three totalled five between them as Chris Rushworth persuadedPhil Jacques to clip to midwicket and Dan Hodgson to drive to mid-off, whileJoe Sayers was bowled by Stokes.Ballance reached 50 off 31 balls but finally skied a catch to extra cover offGareth Breese and Yorkshire could do little more than play out the overs.