Glamorgan beat Yorkshire to make it four out of four

Glamorgan made it four wins out of 4 League games with a four wicket victory over Yorkshire in a rain affected match at Headingley, and this fine win helped Glamorgan to consolidate on their position in second place of Division One behind Surrey whose match against Gloucestershire at Bristol was abandoned.

The victory made it the club`s best ever start to a season in League cricket and extended their unbeaten sequence away from home to 10 games, with Glamorgan having last been defeated away from home on September 4th, 2001.

After a delayed start, the match was initially reduced to a 40 over contest, and then after a further stoppage, the game became a 32 over match. Yorkshire, who had been put in, were restricted to 153-7 by some typically accurate seam bowling and livewire fielding, with David Hemp and Adrian Dale both taking fine catches in the deep. David Harrison also bowled an economical spell on his first League outing of the season, whilst Andrew Davies, Alex Wharf and Adrian Dale all claimed two wickets apiece.

Glamorgan`s target under the Duckworth-Lewis system was revised to 164, and they were soon in trouble, slumping to 6-2 in the third over, with Chris Silverwood dismissing both openers, Robert Croft and Ian Thomas.

Matthew Maynard and Mike Powell then shared a 76 run partnership in ten quite eventful overs, with Ryan Sidebottom bowling a remarkable six ball spell, five of which were wide, whilst the other was thumped for six by Maynard. Sidebottom, who had been an injury doubt before the match, then limped off, and the over was completed by Gary Fellows. It also included a no-ball and the subsequent free-hit was also smashed to the boundary, so at the end of a truly bizarre over, Glamorgan had amassed 20 runs from the 12 deliveries.

This gave the Glamorgan innings the impetus it needed, and despite the loss of Maynard for 37, Powell went on to make a powerful 47, before David Hemp played a little cameo, hitting four boundaries in a quickfire 22. Silverwood returned to pick up two further wickets and there were a few flutters in Welsh hearts with 40 runs needed off the final 10 overs with just four wickets in hand.But Mark Wallace and Michael Kasprowicz saw Glamorgan home without further alarm, with the Australian finishing the match with a straight six off Vic Craven.