Hannon-Dalby inflicts more Test pitch misery

Warwickshire 183 for 1 (Chopra 80*, Trott 73*) beat Glamorgan 179 (Bragg 45, Hannon-Dalby 5-27, Poysden 3-41) by 9 wickets
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Oliver Hannon-Dalby recorded the best List A figures for Warwickshire's since 2004 as the Bears' resurgence in the Royal London One Day Cup continued with a nine-wicket victory over Glamorgan.

Former Yorkshire seamer Hannon-Dalby took 5 for 27 as the Bears followed their win over Lancashire at Old Trafford the previous day by ending the Welsh county's unbeaten record in Group B.

After choosing to bat, Glamorgan were dismissed for 179 as only Will Bragg made any progress against testing bowling led by Hannon-Dalby and leg-spinner Josh Poysden.

Warwickshire then eased to their target with nine wickets and 71 balls to spare as Varun Chopra (80 from 104 balls) and Jonathan Trott (73 from 99) added an unbroken 157.

On the pitch used for the Ashes Test match last week, Glamorgan's top order found runs as elusive as most of the Aussies had. Bragg dug in but the other five members of the top six each failed to pass 13.

After Jacques Rudolph edged Keith Barker to wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose, Hannon-Dalby picked up three wickets in his first six overs. Colin Ingram and David Lloyd chipped catches into the infield and Chris Cooke nicked to Ambrose.

Poysden then struck in each of his first two overs. Bragg pulled hard and was brilliantly caught by William Porterfield at midwicket and when Mark Wallace leading-edged to cover the visitors were 108 for 6 and in serious need of impetus.

Graham Wagg and Craig Meschede added 33 before Hannon-Dalby returned to oust the latter for 18 with the assistance of another fine Porterfield catch, this time at point. Meschede hit three fours but then holed out tamely against Jeetan Patel. Andrew Salter and Michael Hogan fiddled 22 from the last wicket but when Hannon-Dalby returned again to have Salter caught behind, Glamorgan looked well short.

Porterfield gave Warwickshire's reply early momentum with a 27-ball 22 and, after he played on to Hogan, Chopra and Trott, with time on their side, played with great composure and correctness.

Trott was first to his half-century, from 68 balls, followed in the next over by Chopra, who scored just a single in the first seven overs but reached 50 from 78 balls. The pair saw Warwickshire through to an emphatic win over a Glamorgan side which itself had just recorded an emphatic win over an Essex team which had itself just recorded an emphatic win over Warwickshire. A crazy, unpredictable world, this Group B!