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Cricket: Northamptonshire defeat Warwickshire by 27 runs in Twenty20 match

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Monday, July 8, 2013

On Friday, Northamptonshire played Warwickshire in a Twenty20 cricket match, consisting of twenty overs per team, at the County Cricket Ground in Northampton, United Kingdom. Northamptonshire defeated Warwickshire by 27 runs.

Northamptonshire won the toss, and chose to bat first.

The Northamptonshire batsman Kyle Coetzer hit 71 runs. He made a first-wicket partnership of 63 with Richard Levi and batted through the innings helping Northamptonshire to post a score of 161 for 2 from 20 overs.

Mohammad Azharullah of Northamptonshire took 4 wickets for 25 runs as Warwickshire fell short of its target with Ateeq Javid providing some resistance for Warwickshire hitting 41 off 34 balls. Azharullah was named Player of the Match.

Northamptonshire now has two consecutive Friends Life t20 cricket league wins.

A selection of clips from the match.
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Sunny weather resulted in a large turnout.
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Jeetan Patel bowls to Kyle Coetzer.
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Jeetan Patel bowls to Cameron White.
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Kyle Coetzer facing the bowling of Chris Woakes.
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The Northamptonshire team celebrate after Azharullah bowled out Darren Maddy.
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The floodlights were on for the day/night Twenty20 match.
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The Northamptonshire team have a group talk.
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Northamptonshire players celebrate the wicket of Darren Maddy.
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The bails have been dislodged from the wickets.
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Cameron White bowls out Laurie Evans.
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Chris Woakes bowls to Kyle Coetzer.
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Chris Woakes warming up before his first over of bowling.
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Jeetan Patel bowls to Richard Levi.
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