da bet vitoria： Leicestershire were on the verge of an impressive CricInfoChampionship victory at Cardiff as Glamorgan’s batsmen pressed theself-destruct button
da jogodeouro： Richard Thomas of the South Wales Evening Post20-Jul-2001Leicestershire were on the verge of an impressive CricInfoChampionship victory at Cardiff as Glamorgan’s batsmen pressed theself-destruct button.The Welsh county were bowled out for a paltry 211 on a good SophiaGardens wicket and then, following on 377 behind, found themselves 15-2before heavy rain brought an early abandonment of the third day’s play.Only Robert Croft shone with the bat as the rest of the Glamorganbatting crumbled in their first innings with Phil DeFreitas recordingfigures of 6-65.Croft was dismissed for 89, an innings that came off 112 balls with 16boundaries.Glamorgan began day three on 52-1 but by lunch had been reduced to147-5, still needing 292 to avoid the follow-on.Replying to Leicestershire’s first innings of 588 was always going to bedifficult but Glamorgan’s batting this morning was little short ofirresponsible.Skipper Steve James flashed at a wide one from DeFreitas to be caughtbehind, Matthew Maynard was needlessly run out attempting a fourth runand Mike Powell clipped a Devon Malcolm leg stump half volley straightat mid-wicket.After lunch Croft and Adrian Dale gave Glamorgan some hope, putting on 71but the last four wickets then fell for just 30.Following on, James was out for the second time in the day. This timeonly surviving until the fourth ball of Devon Malcolm’s opening overbefore edging to first slip.And 0-1 became 6-2 three overs later when John Dakin forced Ian Thomasto glove behind.
