Glamorgan join the Sunday 300 Club
For the third consecutive weekend, Glamorgan`s batsmen produced some exhilarating strokeplay, as they compiled a record 305-6 in Sunday`s National League game against Worcestershire at Cardiff
Andrew Hignell
25-Jun-2001
For the third consecutive weekend, Glamorgan`s batsmen produced some exhilarating strokeplay, as they compiled a record 305-6 in Sunday`s National League game against Worcestershire at Cardiff. It was Glamorgan`s highest ever total in Sunday League format cricket, and was the highest total by any county side in the National League competition which began in 1999.
It also continues their sequence of remarkable innings during the past few weeks. A fortnight ago in the Championship match at Chelmsford, Glamorgan`s batsmen scored 367 in 80.5 overs on the final afternoon to defeat Essex, and then followed this up the next day with an astonishing 254 in just 31.5 overs to win the National League game against Essex.
Last weekend at Maidstone, Glamorgan were set a target of 377 in 108 overs to beat Kent. Rain then intervened to halt the run chase, and after a three and a half hour delay, Glamorgan finished on 203 without loss in just 44 overs, as the match was drawn. Had the weather stayed fine, a different result was on the cards, with the Welsh batsmen well on course for another famous win, only to have their hopes dashed by the heavy rain.
Yesterday`s total against Worcestershire was Glamorgan`s highest score in the
Sunday competition, passing their previous best of 294-4 against Surrey at Pontypridd in 1999. It was also only the fourth time they had passed 300 in a limited overs game against first-class opposition, and their score of 305-6 is the second highest in all games against first-class teams.
For the record, the table below lists Glamorgan`s highest totals in one day games:
373-7 v Bedfordshire at Sophia Gardens, 1998 (NWT) 345-2 v Durham (m/c) at Darlington, 1991 (NWT) 344-5 v Lincolnshire at Swansea, 1994 (NWT) 333-4 v Dorset at Bournemouth, 2000 (NWT) 328-6 v Wales MC at Sophia Gardens, 1998 (F) 322-5 v Oxfordshire at Swansea, 1993 (NWT) 318-3 v Combined Universities at Sophia Gardens, 1995 (B&H) 318-4 v Staffordshire at Sophia Gardens, 1989 (NWT) 316-8 v Essex at Sophia Gardens, 1994 (NWT) 314-2 v Combined Universities at Cambridge, 1996 (B&H) 312-4 v Wales Minor Counties at Sophia Gardens, 1997 (F) 305-6 v Worcestershire at Sophia Gardens, 2001 (NL) 304-8 v Hampshire at Southampton, 1997 (NWT) 302-6 v Combined Universities at Sophia Gardens,1988 (B&H) 301-8 v Essex at Chelmsford, 1997 (NWT)