Glamorgan dramatically lose by 93 runs at the Rose Bowl

The days leading up to the start of this match were very difficult for Hampshire, and probably some that many of their players and supporters would want to forget - the game and the ending today however, provided memories that all concerned with the English club will want to cherish, as Hampshire dramatically turned the tables on Glamorgan, winning a remarkable game by 93 runs, with Chris Tremlett taking a career-best 6-51.

In a remarkable 20 overs on the final morning, Glamorgan lost 7 wickets for 71 runs, as they were bowled out for 104 to give Hampshire their first Championship win of the season and all after they had been asked to follow-on by the Welsh side - a feat Hampshire had not achieved for 81 years, and this was the first time Glamorgan had lost after imposing the follow-on.

Resuming on 33-3, Glamorgan lost three wickets in the opening 40 minutes. Michael Powell was the first to depart, as in the third over of the morning, he edged a lifting delivery from James Bruce, and was caught by the substitute wicket-keeper Iain Brunnschweiler. Five overs later Matthew Maynard was leg before to Chris Tremlett, and then next over Dean Cosker was l.b.w. to Bruce.

Robert Croft and David Harrison briefly raised Welsh hopes, adding 24 in 4 overs, before Harrison drove at a ball outside off stump and gave wicket-keeper Brunnschweiler his second catch of the innings. Tremlett took his fifth wicket in his next over as Robert Croft was caught at second slip by Simon Katich. The same combination accounted for Adrian Dale, after he had added 15 with Michael Kasprowicz, as the Glamorgan collapse continued to 94-9.

Alex Wharf brought up the hundred by swatting Tremlett for a six over square leg, and in the next over he slashed Tremlett to the cover boundary for four. Katich then dropped a difficult catch in the slips as Wharf got an edge to one from Tremlett, but he made amends in the next over by taking a fine diving catch to his right as Kasprowicz got a thick edge to a ball from Dimitri Mascarenhas.