Happy Harrison

Glamorgan deserve nothing but a hearty round of applause for not replacing Mike Kasprowicz with a cricket mercenary of doubtful pedigree when he went off to play for Australia in the one-day farce against Zimbabwe. They are already reaping the benefits of using home-grown talent as their new-ball bowler David Harrison has emerged as more than useful and a rapidly developing asset.

The son of Stuart, a former Glamorgan player, and brother of Adam, the England U-19 bowler, he has had a hard time of it since making his debut in 1999. He has also had to overcome serious injury as well as missing a lot of cricket while a member of the England youth set-up.

He had to wait three rain-affected Championship matches for his first wicket but in 27 matches he has more than 70 Championship scalps at a respectable 26 each, with a season's best haul in the offing. In this summer of slow pitches he has already bagged five in an innings three times, 5 for 99 against Essex at Cardiff, 5 for 75 at Chester-le-Street and 5 for 48 at Swansea against Somerset.

"He's come on in leaps and bounds," Robert Croft, the captain, says. "He'd be the first to admit that he's not the finished article yet but he moves it both ways and crucially makes the batsmen play at the new ball. He hasn't got express pace but he's keen to learn and gives it everything."

Moment of the month Getting Mike Kasprowicz back.