da bet nacional： Glamorgan needed just 13 balls to score the remaining 12 runs they neededto beat Durham by 8 wickets at Cardiff
Andrew Hignell16-Aug-2003Glamorgan needed just 13 balls to score the remaining 12 runs they neededto beat Durham by 8 wickets at Cardiff. This victory – their 4th of thesummer – allows Glamorgan to rise up to 3rd place in the Division Two table,and, with four Championship matches remaining, it gives a major boost to theWelsh county`s promotion hopes.Whilst wicket-keeper Mark Wallace deserves much credit for his career-best 117, thevictory was largely the result of a remarkable spell after tea on Friday afternoonby Michael Kasprowicz. The Australian took 9-22 in 10.4 overs as Durham dramaticallycollapsed from 119-1 to 174 all out.Kasprowicz, who took 11-105 in the match at Chester-le-Street last year, returnedthe second best bowling figures in Glamorgan`s history, and his spell, for therecord, was as follows:
10th ....w(Love).11th ....1.12th ..4...13th 4... w (Lewis).14th ....w (Peng)w (Wells)15th ..w (Mustard)...16th ......17th ...44.18th .w (Bridge) 4lb 1..19th ...w (Pratt)4.20th .w (Killeen)....21st .w (Phillips)
Kasprowicz`s final return of 9/36 was a career best and his analysis eclipses three othermajor records – his figures surpassed the previous best by an overseas player for the Welsh county (8/17by Waqar Younis against Sussex at Swansea in 1997), and are the best ever inWales by a Glamorgan bowler (9/43 by Jim Pressdee against Yorkshire at Swansea in1965). In addition, they were the best ever at the Cardiff ground, beating Pat Pocock`sreturn of 9/57 for Surrey against Glamorgan in 1979.The only superior analysis for Glamorgan remains Jack Mercer`s 10/51 against Worcestershireat New Road in 1936, whilst George Geary`s astonishing 10-18 for Leicestershire at Pontypriddin 1929 are still the best ever return in a first-class match in Wales.