da betsul： Melvyn Betts produced his first match-winning performance for Warwickshireto lead them to a four-wicket Benson & Hedges Cup win over Somerset atTaunton
Richard Latham02-May-2001Melvyn Betts produced his first match-winning performance for Warwickshireto lead them to a four-wicket Benson & Hedges Cup win over Somerset atTaunton.The former Durham pace bowler deservedly collected the Gold Awardfor career-best limited overs figures of 4-22, having delivered his tenovers in one spell at the start of the match.Warwickshire won the toss on an overcast morning and soon Betts and VasbertDrakes had the home side in dire straits at 44-5, bowling with zip andaccuracy on a helpful pitch.Keith Parsons then lifted Somerset fortunes with a fluent 72, off 100 balls,with six fours, but his only real support came from Richard Johnson (24)in aninth-wicket stand of 47.Marcus Trescothick had looked in tremendous form making 23 in the earlyovers. But once the England opener fell to Betts, Somerset were alwaysstruggling and their total of 174 all out looked modest.Warwickshire found batting equally testing and Steffan Jones dismissed MarkWagh, Nick Knight and Dougie Brown with only 25 on the board. Like Betts,Jones bowled unchanged for figures of 3-38.Jason Kerr also bowled well for 1-23 from his ten overs, but Trevor Penneycame to his side’s rescue, finding a durable partner in skipper Mike Powellas they added 70 for the fifth wicket.Powell made 31, having been dropped by Parsons on 17. But it was Penney whosaw Warwickshire home with five balls to spare, scoring an unbeaten 73 off127 balls, with six fours.